四川省遂寧市第二中學(xué)2020屆高三英語上學(xué)期第一次診斷性考試試題31

1、四川省遂寧市第二中學(xué)2020屆高三英語上學(xué)期第一次診斷性考試試說明：本試卷分第I卷（選擇題）和第n卷（非選擇題）兩部分，全卷?t分150分?？荚囉?時(shí)120分鐘。第I卷（100分）第一部分 聽力（共兩節(jié)，滿分30分）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、日C三個(gè)選項(xiàng)中選出最佳選項(xiàng)。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1.僅讀一遍。What did happen to John last night?A. He was ill.He looked pale.He didn ' t sle

2、ep.92.A. Travel to the desert.Go to the seaside.Climb the mountain.What does the woman plan to do this summer vacation?3.4.5.A. Upset.Where is the woman going?A. To the dining hall. I What does the man want to do?A. Repair shopping carts. B 第二節(jié)（共15小題；每小題1.5分,.Dissatisfied.To the library.Buy some goo

3、ds. 滿分22.5分）C.Angry.To the classroom.Get one shopping cart.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)。聽每段對話或獨(dú)白前，你將有時(shí)間閱讀各個(gè)小題,后，各小題將給出 5秒鐘的作答時(shí)間。每段對話或獨(dú)白讀兩遍。聽第6段材料，回答第6、7題。6. Where are the speakers probably?每小題5秒鐘；聽完A. At home.At office.At school.What does the woman feel?7. What' s the relatio

4、nship between the speakers probably?A. Husband and wife. B.Teacher and student. C.Close friends.聽第7段材料，回答第8、9題。8. What' s the matter with the woman?.She is not feelingA. She looks a bit pale. B . She has a terrible cold. C better.9. What does the man advise the woman to do?A. Go to see the docto

5、r and have a rest.B. Eat more medicine than before.C. Go to work.聽第8段材料，回答第10至12題。10. Why is the woman so busy?A. She has a Chinese test next week.B. She has to go to the library.C. She wants to go to the caf e .11. How does the woman feel about her exam?A. Confident. B. Worried. C12. What are the s

6、peakers going to do?A. Go to the library. B. Have a coffee. C聽第9段材料，回答第13至16題。13. When did the man buy the T-shirt?A. Yesterday. B. A few weeks ago. CDisappointed.Have a test.A couple of days ago.14. Why does the man want to change the T-shirt?A. He prefers another color. B . He doesn' t likethe

7、 style. C . He wants a biggersize.15. What will the woman do next?A. Change the T-shirt for the man.B. Have a word with her manager.C. Give the man ' s money back.16. How does the man prove what he bought?A. By bill proof. B. With proof of purchase.聽第10段材料，回答第17至20題。17. What prize did the younge

8、st group get?A. The second prize. B . The third prize. C 18. What should Eastside practice more?A. The dance. B . The music.C19. Why did The Storm win the first prize?A. They danced wonderfully.B. The guitarist played very well.C. The singer performed perfectly.20. What kind of person is the speaker

9、?A. Humorous. B. Serious.C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，滿分30分）C. With nothing.The fourth prize.The song.Boring.閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的A、R C和D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)。Everyday Foodby Martha StewartNo matter how busy you are, at the end of the day you want meals that are easy to prepare. And you want lots of choices

10、 and variations. You'll find all of that in this book:250 simple recipes for delicious meals that bring freshness and nutrition. Paperback, published by Random House,$16.79Zeroesby Scott Westerfeld, Margo Lanagan, Deborah BiancottiNeWYork Times bestselling author Scott Westerfeld teams up with M

11、argo Lanagan andDeborah Biancotti in the book about six teenagers with amazing abilities. These teenagers have powers that set them apart. They can do things ordinary people can't. Paperback, published by Simon&Schuster,$12.99 Mrghty Jack by Ben HatkeJaek dislikes summer. But he's got a

12、good reason: summer is when his single mom takes a second job and leaves him at home to watch his sister, Maddy.It's lotsof responsibility, and it ' s boring, too, because Maddy doesn' t talk. Ever. But one day, at the market, Maddy does talk to tell Jack to trade their mom's car for

13、 a box of mysterious seeds. It'sthe best mistake Jack has ever made.Hardcover, published by First Second,$14.15Only Daughterby Anna SnoekstraShe's caught stealing.She' s homeless and on the run. But she happens to look thesame as a girl who wentmissing a decadeago, Rebecca Winter.Sheassu

14、mes Rebecca's identity,using itas a way out. Little does she know hernewlife as Rebecca is itself a prison and itlooks like a killer might be after her.Kindle edition, published by Harlequin Enterprises,$8.8821. Who wrote a book to help you cook a meal?A. Martha Stewart. B. Anna Snoekstra.C. Ben

15、 Hatke.D. Scott Westerfeld.22. How much should readers pay for a story about a boy's amazing experience?A.$8.88 B. $12. 99C.$14. 15D.$16. 7923. How is Zeroes different from the rest books?s a co -written book.A. It tells a story.B. It's in paperback.C. It ' s quite popular.D. It24. What

16、do we know about Only Daughter?A. Its heroine enjoys her life on the run.B. Its heroine lives with a false identity.C, It provides different kinds of editions.D. It is written by Harlequin Enterprises.BI remember the first time I got on a horse. When I was a little boy aged two, my mom agreed to Let

17、 me take a short ride and that was it! From then on, I drove my parents crazy Begging for a horse.When I was four, I had Mutism, in which children stop speaking in certainsocialsituations. I went days, weeks months without a sound at school. At most, I might quietly whisper to a friend. I suffered s

18、ilently through school untilIwastenwhena psychologist had an idea, He asked me what I wanted more than anything else in the world. He explained I was going to be given an opportunity to work for that.And I was permitted to whisper the answer in my mother's ear, "A horse."I was to get a

19、 pony, but I had to Live up to my end of the bargain. I had a chart of weekly tasks I had to accomplish. I had to answer the phone five times per week, something I had never done before. I had to say one word to my teacher at school and the list went on. For a child with Mutism, saying one word to s

20、omeone can be like climbing Mount Qomolangma. I did everything that was asked of me and the day came, His name was Sequoia, whom I fell in love with immediately. When I was in Sequoia's presence, I forgot all about my problems and felt strong and secure.I am a fully participating member of socie

21、ty these days. My horses and I madeit through a master ' s degree. I may have made it otherwise, but I' m not sure. Ifeel I owe my life to the horses and I try to give it back to them every day. They have given me the best gift I could ever imagine, my life.25. What was the situation like wh

22、en the author was four?A. He didn't say a word at all.B. He learned how to ride a horse.C. He found his classmates unfriendly.D. He had difficulty in communicating.26. What can we infer about the author from Paragraph 3?A. He completed some tasks easily,B. He pushed himself extremely hard.C. He

23、fell in love with Sequoia gradually.D. He found the psychologist's idea ineffective.27. What is the author's purpose in writing the text?A. To share his unfortunate childhood.B. To give tips on how to cure Mutism.C. To show his deep gratefulness to horses.D. To inspire kids struggling agains

24、t Mutism. CWouldn't it be wonderful to travel to a foreign country without having to worry about the headache of communicating in a different language?In a recent Wall Street journal article, technology policy expert Alec Rossargued that, with in a decade or so. We ' ll be able to communicat

25、e with one anothervia small earpieces with built-in microphones. That's because technological progress is extremely rapid. It ' s only a matter of time. Indeed, some parents are so convinced that this technology is imminent that they're wondering if their kids should even learn a second

26、language.It's true that an increase in the quantity and accuracy of the data loaded into computers will make them cleverer at translating " No es bueno dormir mucho" as "1t's not good to sleep too much." Replacing a word with its equivalent （ 同義詞）in the target language is

27、 actually the "easy part' of a translator's job. But even this seems to be a discouraging task for computers.I t' ' s sodifficult for computersbecause tran slationdoesn't-orshouldn ' t -involve simply translating words, sentences or paragraphs. Rather, it ' s about t

28、ranslatingmeaning.And in order to infermeaningfrom a specificexpression, humans have to interpret a mass of information at the same time.Think about all the related clues that go into understanding an expression: volume, gesture, situation, and even your culture. All are likely to convey as much mea

29、ning as the words you use.Therefore, we should be very skeptical of a machine that is unable to interpret the world around us. If people from differentcultures can offend each other withoutrealizing it, how can we expect a machine to do better? Unless engineers actually find a way to breathe a soul

30、into a computer, undoubtedly when it comes to conveying and interpreting meaning using a natural language, a machine will never fully take our place.28. What does the underlined word "imminent in Paragraph 2 probably mean?A. Ready. B. Approaching. C. Helpful. D. Advanced.29. Why is it hard for

31、computers to replace a word with its equivalent?A. Their data is not adequate enough.B, The real meaning of words can vary.C. Their accuracy needs big improvement.D, A soul hasn't been breathed in them.30. What view does the author hold about translation?A. Proper translation can be tough for hu

32、mans.B. Slight distinctions matter little in translation.C. Some machines will interpret our world properly.D Cultures deserve more attention than words used.31. What is the best title for the text?A. An Expert's Precise Prediction B. The Complexity of TranslationC. WhoWill Be a Better Translato

33、r D. Will Language Barrier Actually Fall DLucy, whose skeleton（ 骨骼）was discovered in Ethiopia in 1974, died shortly after she fell out of a tree,according to a new study published Monday in theBritish journal Nature.For their research, Kappelman and Dr. Richard Ketcham used a CT scanner to create mo

34、re than 35,000 "slices" of Lucy's skeleton. Scientists namedher Lucy from the Beatles song "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds", which was played at the camp the night of her discovery.The following analysis of the slices showed sharp, clean breaks seen at the end of Lucy's ri

35、ght humerus（肱骨） are similar to bone breaks seen in victims of falls.The researchers concluded that these andother breaks in her skeleton showthat Lucy, who is believed to have stood about 3 feet 6 inches and weighed about 60 pounds, fell feet first and used her arms to support herself but that the i

36、njury was too severe to have been survivable.The researchers estimate that Lucy was going about 35 miles an hour when she hit the ground after falling from a height of roughly 40 feet, according to the statement.That sounds plausible . But other scientists are doubtful. "There are countless exp

37、lanations for bone breaks," Dr, Donald C, Johanson, director of the Institute of Human Origins and one of the scientists who discovered Lucy, said,"The suggestion that she fell out of a tree is largely a just-so story and therefore unprovable." Johanson said it was more likely that Lu

38、cy's breaks occurred long after she died, saying that "elephant bones appear to have the same kind of breaks, It's unlikely they fellout of a tree."But the new research focused on"a small numberof breaks" that are consistentwith "high-energy bone-to-bone influences&q

39、uot; and which differ from the sorts of breaks commonly seen in other collected bones. Kappelman responded in an email, "These appear to have occurred at or near the time of death."32. What can we know about Lucy from Kappelman and Dr. Richard Ketcham's research?A. She got her name fro

40、m a song.B. She had more than 35,000 slices.C. She couldn't use her arms properly.D. She made an effort to save herself.33. What does the underlined word "plausible" in. Paragraph 6 probably mean?A. Reasonable. B. Creative. C. Surprising. D. Unbelievable.34. Which of the following woul

41、d Johanson probably agree?A. Elephants are unlikely to die from falling.B. Lucy got breaks at or near the time of death.C. Other reasons for the breaks should be considered.D. Lucy's bone breaks differ from other bone breaks.35. What conclusion can we draw from the passage?A. Lucy didn't die

42、 from falling out of a tree.B. The newly published study was meaningless.C. The argument on how Lucy died will continue.D. Scientists will find another way to solve the problem.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)中選出能填人空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)，選項(xiàng)中有兩項(xiàng)為多余選項(xiàng)。Shoulder pain is common. The shoulder has the most range of m

43、ovement of any partin the body. 36 Furthermore, shoulder pain sometimes comes from other areasof the body. Here are some tips to help reduce shoulder pain.37 Often, the root cause of shoulder pain is simply your overdoing something.If your problem is work related, change to a different activity. If

44、the shoulderpain is exercise-related, then you may be working out too aggressively or with bad form - turn to a personal trainer for help.Ice your shoulder. The application of ice is useful for almost all acute Injuries.38 Apply ice for 10-15 minutes every hour, then reduce the frequency as the pain

45、 and swelling become less strong.Do some light shoulder stretches（拉伸）.While standing or sitting, reach around the front of your body and seize the opposite elbow（月寸）. 39 Reach behind your back towards your shoulder and hold it with your other hand. Slowly pull on the hand with the painful shoulder u

46、ntil you eel a stretch.See your doctor. If your shoulder pain is especially severe, and long-lasting, what else can you do? 40 Your doctor will discuss a treatment plan according to your pain.A. Seek medical help.B. Rest your shoulder.C. Build shoulder strength.D. Consider surgery if necessary.E. Th

47、at's why it's so likely to suffer from injury.F. The cold treatment works well when applied to the most painful shoulder.G. Gently pull on the back of the elbow until you feel a stretch in the shoulder.第三部分英語知識運(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四個(gè)選項(xiàng)（A、B C和D）中選出可以填人空白處的

48、最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。Whenyou are living a fully-scheduled life, every minute counts. No matter how many ways you divide your _ 41 , there ' s never enough time in a day to catch up.Six years ago, I was 42 with a care-free, stop-and-smell-the-roses type of 43 . When I needed to rush out, she was taki

49、ng her sweet 44 picking out a purse and a shining crown. When I needed to have a 45 lunch, she'd stop to speak to the elderly woman who looked like her grandma. Whenever my child caused me to deviate（偏離）from my main 46 , I thought to myself, we don-t have timefor this. 47 , the two words I most

50、commonly spoke to my little lover of life were: " 48 !"Then one day, things 49 . We'd just picked up my older daughter from kindergarten and were getting out of the car. Seeing her little sister not going fast enough for her liking, my older daughter said, "You are so 50 . "

51、When the older one crossed her own arms, it dawned on methat her annoyed look 51 that of mine. I saw the _52 my hurried existence was doing to both of my children.Though my 53 to slow down was made almost three years ago, Living at a slower pace still takes great effort. My younger daughter is my li

52、ving 54 of why I must keep trying. In fact, she reminded meonce again the other day. WhenI thought my little child was going to eat the last 55 of an ice cream, she held out a spoonful of it. "I saved the last for you," she said. At that moment, I 56 I'd just got the deal of a lifetime

53、. I gave my child a little time, and unexpectedly, 57 , she reminded me that things taste 58 and love comes easier when you stop 59 through life.Pausing to delight in the simple joys of daily life is the only way to truly live. Trust me, I learned from the world's born 60 in joyful living.41. A.

54、 attentionB. memoryB. blessedC. loveC. contentD. experienceD. patient42.A. bored43.A. sisterB. grandmaC. sonD. daughter44.A. timeB. ice creamC. stepD. lunch45.A. bigB. quickC. nutritiousD. joyful46.A. goalB. responsibilityC. scheduleD. interest47. A. ConsequentlyB. FranklyC. SurprisinglyD.Unusually4

55、8. A. Cheer upB. Pull upC. Shut upD. Hurry up49. A. improvedB.changedC.appearedD. worsened50.A. sillyB. excitedC. carefulD.slow51.A. silencedB. contradictedC.mirroredD.encouraged52. A. favor B. honorC. damageD.good53. A. demandB.offerC. promiseD. mistake54. A. reminderB. memoryC. imageD. example55.

56、A. halfB. biteC. cupD. piece56. A. wondered B. realized C. recognized D. valued57. A. in conclusionB. in short C. in return D. in fact58. A. hotterB. softer C. sourer D. sweeter59. A. rushing B. goingC, getting D. surviving60. A. scientistB. magician C. expertD. designer第n卷（50分）注意事項(xiàng)：用0.5毫米黑色筆跡的簽字筆將答

57、案寫在答題卡上。寫在本試卷上無效。第三部分英語知識運(yùn)用第二節(jié) （共10小題；每小題1.5分，滿分15分）閱讀下面短文，在空白處填入 1個(gè)適當(dāng)?shù)膯卧~或括號內(nèi)單詞的正確形式。Over 2,200 years ago, Chengdu was threatened by frequent floods. Li Bing, together with his son decided to construct an irrigation system on the Minjiang River 61 (prevent) flooding. 62 havinga long study and a lot

58、of hard work by thelocal people, the great Dujiangyan Irrigation System was completed. Since then, the Chengdu Plain63 (be) free of flooding and the people have been livingpeacefully and wealthily.It is the 64 (old) and only surviving no-dam irrigation system in the world. It is also 65 wonder in the development of Chinese science. The project consists of three important parts, namely Yuzui, Feishayan and Baopingkou, which were 66 (science) designed to control the water flow of the rivers throughout the year.There is a glorious bri