2020年贵州大学附属中学高三英语月考试题及答案

2020年贵州大学附属中学高三英语月考试题及答案
第一部分阅读（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、D四个选项中选出最佳选项
A
Swimming Holes in America
In America, these secret swimming holes are hidden and hard to reach but well worth the adventure.
Cummins Falls
Looking for the best place to escape the summer heat in the heartland of America? For more than 100 years, Cummins Falls, a scenic,75-foot waterfall located in Jackson County, TN, has been a treasure for Tennessee natives. But now, the secret is out! Although it’s a bit tough to get to, once in the park, the mountains and river provide unmatched beauty on your way to taking a swim in Tennessee's eighth-largest waterfall.
Sliding Rock
A popular place to cool off during those hot North Carolina summers, Sliding Rock waterfall is located in the Pisgah National Forest in Transylvania County. A flattened rock about 60 feet lies in a nearly 7-foot-deep pool at the bottom, making this natural waterslide a great place to visit with people of all ages.
Mooney Falls
It is the tallest water feature in the Grand Canyon, rising 190 feet above the surface. Named after an explorer in the 1800s, Mooney Falls is accessible only by crawling（爬）through 2 underground passages and then climbing down a sheer cliff（峭壁）face with just a couple of chains to hold on to. Although it is tough to get to, the view and the cool alone make it worth the trip.
Lihue Estate
A private swimming hole at the old Lihue Sugar Farm on Kauai, HI, was changed into an inner-tube water ride by Kauai Backcountry Adventures in 2003 and opened to adults. The waters for this 2.5-mile journey, which come from near the top of Mount Waialeale—one of the wettest spots in the world—are channeled through ditches（沟渠）that were hand-dug by farm workers over a century ago.
1. Which hole may be the favourable destination for families?
A. Lihue Estate.
B. Sliding Rock.
C. Mooney Falls.
D. Cummins Falls.
2. What can we learn about Mooney Falls from the text?
A. It wasfound by an explorer.
B. It was hand-dug in the 1800s.
C. It is dangerous to arrive there.
D. It is the tallest fall in the world.
3. What is special about Lihue Estate?
A. It is man-made.
B. It is a private area.
C. Its water is from underground.
D. It lies on the top of Mount Waialeale
B
At the World Economic Forum last month, President Trump drew claps when he announced the United States would respond to the forum's proposal to plant one trillion(万亿) trees to fight climate change. The trillion-tree idea won wide attention last summer after a study published in the journal Science concluded thatplanting so many trees was “the most effective climate change solution to date”.
If only it were true. But it isn't. Planting trees would slow down the planet's warming, but the only thing that will save us and future generations from paying a huge price in dollars, lives and damage to nature is rapid and considerable reductions in carbon release from fossil fuels, to net zero by 2050.
Focusing on trees as the big solution to climate change is a dangerous diversion(偏离). Worse still, it takes attention away from those responsible for the carbon release that are pushing us toward disaster. For example, in the Netherlands, you can pay Shell an additional 1 euro cent for each liter of regular gasoline you put in your tank, to plant trees to balance the carbon release from your driving. That's clearly no more than disaster slightly delayed. The only way to stop this planet from overheating is through political, economic, technological and social solutions that end the use of fossil fuels.
There is no way that planting trees, even across a global area the size of theUnited States, can absorb the huge amounts of fossil carbon released from industrial societies. Trees do take up carbon from the atmosphere as they grow. But this uptake merely replaces carbon lost when forests were cleared in the first place, usually long ago. Regrowing forests where they once grew can undo some damage done in the past, but even a trillion trees can't store enough carbon to head off dramatic climate changes this century.
In a sharp counter argument to last summer's Paper in Science, Justin Gillis wrote in the same journal in October that the study's findings were inconsistent with the dynamics of the global carbon cycle. He warned that “the claimthat global tree restoration(复原) is our most effective climate solution is simply scientifically incorrect and dangerously misleading”.
4. What do we know about the trillion-tree idea?
A. It was published in a journal.
B. It was proposed last summer.
C. It was put forward by Trump.
D. It drew lots of public attention.
5. What is paragraph 3 mainly about?
A. A drawback of the tree planting strategy.
B. An example of balancing carbon release.
C. An anecdote of making a purchase at Shell.
D. A responsibility for politicians and economists.
6. What was Justin Gillis's attitude towards global tree restoration?
A. Indifferent.
B. Opposed.
C. Hesitant.
D. Supportive.
7. What is the best title for the text?
A. Contradictory Ideas on Tree Planting.
B. A Trillion Trees Come to the Rescue.
C. Planting Trees Won't Save the World.
D. The Best Solution to Climate Change.
C
A nurse has fulfilled (实现) a promise she made to her patient four years ago to one day attend her daughter's graduation from nursing school.
Edina Habibovic, 22, graduated from Chamberlain University's College of Nursing in 2020. Her mother, Sevala Habibovic, 46, died in2017 after a two year fight with breast cancer.
“I thought the medical field wasn't for me. Then, my mom got sick and I had all the experience going in and out of the hospital, ” Edina toldGood MorningAmerica. “When my mom passed away, I thought, ‘I want to dothis.’”she said.
Sanja Josipovic, who at the time worked as a home health nurse with Northwestern Medicine in Winfield, Illinois, cared for Sevala inside her home. They often chatted and shared the latest news with each other over six months of care.
“She was most worried about Edina because she was young and hadn't finished school yet, ” Sanja said. “We are like sisters; we care about and trust each other. She was a powerful and strong minded woman. She wasn't scared to die; she was just worried about her kids and husband.”
Edina said her mother lived for being with her family and taking care of people. “When Sanja was working,
my mom would still try to make her something to eat, no matter how sick she was, ” Edina added. When Sevala's life was coming to an end, she asked Sanja to take her place at her youngest daughter's nursing school graduation. “That was the only thing she was going to miss. Edina's graduation, ” said Sanja, who is a mother of three herself. She agreed.
Due to COVID -19, there was no graduation or pinning ceremony. Edina's manager at Marianjoy Rehabilitation Hospital decided to host a pinning ceremony for her and have Sanja present the pin. “Sanja has fulfilled her promise, ” Edina said.
Edina and Sanja are now caring for patients alongside one another as colleagues at Marianjoy.
8. What does the underlined word “this” in paragraph 3 refer to?
A. Leaving the hospital
B. Working as a nurse
C. Facing death positively
D. Caring for Edina's mother
9. What can be learned about Sanja and Sevala?
A. They enjoyed volunteering
B. They were cancer survivors
C. They had unhappy marriages
D. They developed a close bond
10. What would be Sevala's regret?
A. The loss of the chance to study medicine
B. Her absence from Edina's school graduation
C. Failing to keep the promise made to Sanja
D. Never cooking a good meal for her husband
11. How did Sanja fulfill her promise?
A. By taking care of Edina and her family
B. By helping Edina enter her dream hospital
C. By attending a special ceremony for Edina
D. By managing to become Edina's colleague
D
Bertha von Suttner received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1905—she was the first woman to receive it, and also the inspiration for the creation of the Nobel Prize.
She met Alfred Nobel, a rich millionaire, by answering hisnewspaper ad for a secretary. Although she only worked for him for a few weeks, she remained good friends with Alfred Nobel for the next 20 years. When she became involved in the peace movement inEurope, she promised to keep Nobel informed of its progress. When
Alfred Nobel died in 1896, his will included the establishment of a peace prize, thanks to Bertha von Suttner’s influence.
Bertha von Suttner was born in an aristocratic (贵族) military family, but she spent the second half of her life working for peace. She wrote books, attended peace conferences, gave lectures and helped organize peace societies inAustria,GermanyandHungary, as well as the International Peace Bureau inSwitzerland. Her novel Lay Down your Arms, was one of the most influential anti-war books of all time, and helped to make her a leader of the peace movement in Europe. Its end to war theme was both the ambition (抱负) and the most important goal in the life of this great woman.
Bertha von Suttner worked so hard for peace because she believed that a terrible war would break out inEuropeif nations didn’t work hard to establish lasting peace institutions. She made many major achievements for a more peaceful world, but two months after she died, World War I broke out. A hundred years after she won the Nobel Peace Prize, nations still seem to view war as a choice to work out their problems. But like Bertha von Suttner did, many today are working hard around the world to help strengthen peace institutions and spread the idea that it’s time to put an end to war.
12. Which of the following is true about Bertha von Suttner?
A. She worked for Alfred Nobel for 20 years.
B. She helped Alfred Nobel draw up his will.
C. She persuaded Alfred Nobel to join the peace movement.
D. She inspired Alfred Nobel to establish the Nobel Peace Prize.
13. Paragraph 3 is mainly about Bertha von Suttner’s _____________.
A. efforts and contributions to the peace movement.
B. family background and work experiences.
C. writing career and life experiences.
D. ambition and goals in life.
14. What do we know aboutLay Doun Your Arms?
A. It was based on a true story.
B. It recorded Bertha von Suttner’s daily life.
C. It was about an aristocratic military family.
D. It showed Bertha von Suttner’s wish for peace.
15. What can we infer about Bertha von Suttner from the last paragraph?
A. Her fight for peace is still shared by many.
B. She failed to found peace institutions.
C. She successfully predicted awar.
D. She lost her life in World War I.
第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

选项中有两项为多余选项Patrick Modiano, the winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2014, seems less－known among general Chinese readers.
In Dong Qiang's opinion, a professor atPekingUniversity, Modiano has been a celebrated writer inFranceever since.___16___What surprised him was that a French writer was awarded the Nobel, since it was only six years ago that another French writer, Le Clezio, took the prize.
Born in a westernParissuburb in July 1945—two months after World WarⅡended in Europe—Modiano spent most of his life inFranceand studied inParis, the top preparatory school in France.Raymond Queneau, a writer, was one of his teachers there.___17___
In the first interview Modiano gave after winning the Nobel, he explained that writing for him was a natural thing that he started quite young, “___18___”
Modiano has published about 30 works, including novels, film scripts and children's books, since his first book, La Place de l′toile, in 1968.Modiano's works focus on the occupation ofFranceduring World WarⅡ.___19___ Jin Longge, who has translated three books by Modiano into Chinese, says, “___20___But they are not detective novels, because the answers to the riddles set out in his novels usually remain untold and the reader is left to find his own answers.”
A. He had a major influence on him.
B. His works read like detective novels.
C. It was not a surprise that he won the prize.
D. It's something that's been part of my life.
E. They will be published in the coming months.
F. They invite the reader to seek identity through memory and history.
G. Many of his readers came to know of him and started to read his works.
第二部分语言运用（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，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项
My mother sewed dresses. She worked in a factory by____21____and brought home dresses at night. She had to____22____my brother, my sister, and me. My father had died when I was ten.
Every night when she____23____, I would meet my mother at the train stop and help her carry home a lot of unsewn cloth. She’d start to____24____as soon as she got home. She’d stop to make us____25____, and after that, while we kids read or listened to music, she would____26____over her sewing machine again to continue sewing dresses. Sometimes she’d get her thumb caught under the sewing____27____. She’d cry out in pain but____28____a bandage and go back to work. Watching her made me____29____to be so good at something I loved that my mother wouldn’t have to work again.
I sat next to my mother as she_____30_____. Every now and then she’d_____31_____up pieces of new cloth to be sewn, feel the dress between her fingers, and set it aside_____32_____. She’d say, “ I only work on quality dresses.” Our family needed_____33_____. But my mother would not sew a_____34_____that was not up to her_____35_____. She showed me that people should take_____36_____in what they do.
I thought of my mother years later as I began my career, enjoyed_____37_____, and faced setbacks. I was determined to be so successful to make up for all my mother had_____38_____for us. But when a producer told me to record a song I considered silly or_____39_____, I’d think of my mother and tell him, “Sorry, I only work on_____40_____material.”
21. A. night B. day C. chance D. choice
22. A. support B. impress C. attract D. comfort
23. A. left B. returned C. escaped D. wandered
24. A. rest B. read C. sew D. cook
25. A. supper B. lunch C. breakfast D. snack
26. A. hand B. take C. run D. bend
27. A. shelf B. board C. needle D. head
28. A. show up B. fill up C. hold on D. put on
29. A. demanded B. determined C. supposed D. reminded
30. A. worked B. laughed C. talked D. cried
31. A. sum B. make C. pick D. do
32. A. quickly B. silently C. privately D. happily
33. A. help B. money C. service D. hope
34. A. collar B. button C. pocket D. dress
35. A. standards B. rules C. spirits D. preferences
36. A. part B. comfort C. pride D. interest
37. A. success B. fun C. anger D. shyness
38. A. offered B. sacrificed C. experienced D. abandoned
39. A. harmless B. careless C. senseless D. hopeless
40. A. quantity B. ability C. authority D. quality
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
The Thanksgiving Day____41.____(come), a school teacher asked her class of first graders to draw a picture of something they were____42.____(thank) for. She thought of how little these children from poor neighborhoods actually had to thank for. But she knew that most of them would draw pictures of turkeys or tables with food. The teacher was surprised____43.____the picture Douglas handed in——a smile childishly drawn hand.
But whose hand? The class____44.____(puzzle) by the abstract image. “I think it____45.____be the hand of God that brings us food,” said one child. “A____46.____(farm),”said another, “because he grows the turkeys.” Finally when the others were at work, the teacher bent over Douglas’ desk,____47.____(ask) whose hand it was. “It's your hand, Teacher”, he answered.
She recalled that____48.____(frequent) after class she had taken Douglas, a short lonely child by the hand. She often did that with the children. But____49.____meant so much to Douglas. Perhaps this was everyone’s Thanksgiving, not for the material things_____50._____(give)to us but for the chance, in whatever small way, to give to others.
第四部分写作（共两节，满分40分）
第一节短文改错（满分10分）
51.假定英语课上老师要求同学们交换修改作文，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。

错误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（Ⅱ），并在其下面写上该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线（＼）划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写上修改后的词。

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。

My bicycle went wrong again. Tired with repairing it again and again, I decide to buy a new one. After school, I went to a shop locating in the center of the city with a friend called Jack.
The black bicycle attracted my eyes as soon as we went into the store. It looked such cool that I could hardly wait to ride it. The shopkeeper told us that it was the lately bicycle. He wanted to charge me 800 yuan, that was too expensive for me. I just couldn’t afford for such an expensive one. Then I chose another one, which cost him only 200 yuan. It was not perfect, and it was much better than the old one.
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
52.假设你是李华，English Weekly文化专栏正在开展主题为“Passion for historic sites”的征文活动。

请你根据所给要点写一篇征文稿：
1.历史遗址参观热；
2.参观历史遗址的意义；
3.你推荐的景点。

注意：
1.词数80左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Passion For Historic Sites
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参考答案
1. B
2. C
3. A
4. D
5. D
6. C
7. B
8. B 9. D 10. B 11. C
12. D 13. A 14. D 15. A
16. C 17. A 18. D 19. F 20. B
21. B 22. A 23. B 24. C 25. A 26. D 27. C 28. D 29. B 30. A 31. C 32.
D 33. B 34. D 35. A 36. C 37. A 38. B 39. C 40. D
41. was coming
42. thankful
43. at 44. was/were puzzled 45. must 46. farmer
47. asking 48. frequently 49. it 50. given
51.(1). with→of
(2). decide→decided
(3). locating→located
(4). The→A
(5). such→so
(6). lately→latest
(7). was前that→which
(8). 去掉afford后的for
(9). him→me
(10). and→but
52.略。