2020届江苏省苏州实验中学高三英语第一次联考试题及答案

2020届江苏省苏州实验中学高三英语第一次联考试题及答案
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
When it comes to the greatest inventions of the world, China’s name is sure to be mentioned several times. There are hundreds of things which were invented by the Chinese.
Alcohol
Shocked? I was because when they said alcohol I thought about either the US or the UK. China had never crossed my mind. In China, alcohol was made by two legendary persons named Yi Di and Du Kang who belonged to the Xia Dynasty. This period was about 2000 BC - 1600 BC. Research says that in ancient China, beer with 4% alcoholic content was widely consumed by people.
Tea
China is the proud inventor of tea which was first drunk by Shen Nong, a Chinese emperor around 2737 BC. Tea production was rapidly developed, making tea a popular drink during the Tang and Song Dynasties.
The Mechanical Clock
Have you ever wondered what on earth we would be doing without any idea of time? A clock really is an invention without which things were incomplete. The credit of making the first mechanical clock goes to ancient China. The first mechanical clock was invented by Yi Xing in the Tang Dynasty. This was during 618 and 907.
Silk Fabric
Silk, the favorite fabric of many girls out there, is also a Chinese invention. Although we all know that silk is made by silkworms, it was Chinese people who first invented a way to harvest the silk and then use it to make clothes. The oldest silk which has been found so far is in Henan Province and dates back to 3630 BC.
1.We can learn from Paragraph 2 that ________.
A.people in the US like alcohol
B.beer was popular in the Xia Dynasty
C.Yi Di and Du Kang invented alcohol by accident
D.the author didn’t know alcohol is a Chinese invention
2.The author asks the question in Paragraph 4 to show ________.
A.ancient Chinese inventors were wiser
B.many things in our lives are incomplete
C.ancient Chinese people never wasted time
D.the invention of the mechanical clock is important
3.Which of the following invention has a longer history?
A.Tea.
B.Alcohol.
C.Silk fabric.
D.The mechanical clock.
B
About a billion birds die from flying into buildings each year inNorth America. Suspicions havebeen that birds may regard the open areas behind glass as safe passageways. Or they may mistake the reflected trees for the real thing.
Researchers would like to reduce collisions, which requires a solid understanding about what makes a bird more or less likely to die by crashing into a building in the first place.
“There was ly little known at a broad scale. Previous studies were at one small study site.'' Jared Elmore, a graduate student in natural resource ecology and management atOklahomaStateUniversity. So he and his colleagues used a previously created data set of building collisions for birds at 40 sites throughoutMexico,Canadaand theU.S.
The first finding was obvious: bigger buildings with more glass kill more birds. But the details were more remarkable. "We found that life history predicted collisions. Migrants(候鸟), insect-eaters and woodland-inhabiting species collided more than their counterparts(同类).”
Most migratory species travel at night, when lights near buildings can distract or disorient(使迷失方向)them. And Elmore thinks that insect-eating birds might be attracted to buildings because their insect prey(猎物)is attracted to the lights. He suspects that woodland species get tooled by the reflections of trees and bushes in the windows. The results are in the journal Conservation Biology.
By understanding which birds are more likely to collide with buildings, researchers can perhaps determine the best way to adapt buildings, or their lighting, to help prevent such accidents. And by knowing risks, along with migration timing and behavior, building managers can better predict when birds are at their greatest danger - and improve lighting strategics accordingly.
Elmore's next project will use radar to help predict bird migrations. " I think that would maybe go a long way in terms of providing information to people, to the public, to building managers, on when they can get the most benefit in terms of lights-out policies."
4. What is the possible reason for birds' crashing into buildings?
A. They didn't see the buildings.
B. They took reflections for reality.
C. They assumed the windows to be open.
D. They considered buildings as safe routes.
5. What is Jared Elmore's study different from the previous ones?
A. It created a new data set.
B. It went beyond national borders.
C. It covered a wider range of sites.
D. I’ll studied some specific bird species.
6. What was the most noticeable finding of Jared Elmore's study?
A. Migratory species travel at night.
B. Birds tend to be misled by glasses.
C. Bigger buildings cause more collisions.
D. Birds living habits give rise to collisions.
7. Which of the following can help reduce bird collision?
A. Adjust the lightening system.
B. Attach radars to each building.
C. Adopt strict lights-out policies.
D. Ban using glasses on buildings.
C
Too much TV-watching can harm children’s ability to learn andeven reduce their chances of getting a college degree, new studies suggest in the latest effort to examine the effects of television on children.
One of the studies looked at nearly 400 northern California third-graders. Those with TVs in their bedrooms scored about eight points lower on math and language arts tests than children without bedroom TVs.
A second study ,looking at nearly 1000 grown-ups in New Zealand, found lower education levels among 26-year-olds who had watched lots of TV during childhood.But the results don’t prove that TV is the cause and don't ride out that already poorly motivated youngsters (年轻人）may watch lots of TV.
Their study measured the TV habits of 26-year-olds between ages5 and 15. These with college degrees had watch an averageof less than two hours of TV per week night during childhood, compared with an average of
more than 2.5 hours for those who had no education beyond high school.
In the California study, children with TVs in their rooms but no computer at home scored the lowest while those with no bedroom TV but who had home computers scored the highest.
While this study does not prove that bedroom TV sets caused the lower scores, it adds to increasing findings that children shouldn't have TVs in their bedrooms.
8. According to the California study, the low-scoring group might _________.
A. have had computers in their bedrooms
B. not be interested in math
C. be unable to go to college
D. have watched a lot of TV
9. What is the researchers' understanding of the New Zealand study results?
A. Poorly motivated 26-year-olds watch more TV.
B. Habits of TV watching reduce learning interest.
C. The connection between TV and education levels is difficult to explain.
D. TV watching leads to lower education levels of the 15-year-olds.
10. What can we learn from the last two paragraphs?
A. TV sets shouldn't be allowed in children's bedrooms.
B. Children should be forbidden from watching TV.
C. More time should be spent on computers.
D. Further studies on high-achieving students should be done
11. What would be the best title for this text?
A. Computers or Television
B. Effects of Television on Children
C. Studies on TV and College Education
D. Television and Children's Learning Habits
D
Chinese paleontologists (古生物学家) have determined that, about 47 million years ago, subtropical forests once existed on the high-altitude Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.
The conclusion, which appears in a paper published on Tuesday, was drawn based on the large number of fossils found in theBaingoinBasinat an altitude of nearly 5,000 meters during the second comprehensive scientific
expedition to the plateau.
A joint team from theXishuangbannaTropicalBotanical Gardenconducted the research on the fossils. By combining the findings and models, the team recreated the climate and altitude that existed 47 million years ago, showing that the central plateau had an altitude of just 1,500 meters and an annual average temperature of 19℃, says Su Tao, a researcher from the tropical botanical garden and first author of the paper.
“It was covered by thick forest and was rich in water and grass. It is fair tocall it the ‘ShangriLa’ of ancient times,” Su adds.
The researchers have also found over 70 plant fossils, the majority of which are most closely related to plant life in today's subtropical or tropical regions.
“This is enough to show that the central part of the now high-altitude, freezing Qinghai-Tibet Plateau had flourishing subtropical plants 47 million years ago,” Su says.
The findings provide new evidence for the study of the evolutionary history of biodiversity and the evolution of the plateau's landscape, according to Zhou Zhekun, the paper's corresponding author and a researcher at the tropical botanical garden.
Chinalaunched the second comprehensive scientific expedition to the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau in June 2017, 40 years after the first. Lasting up to 10 years, the expedition will conduct a series of studies focusing on the plateau's glaciers, its biodiversity and ecological changes, and will also monitor the changes in climate.
12. How did the paper come to the conclusion?
A. Through the observation of the Baingoin basin.
B. Through the fossils found in scientific expedition.
C. Through the drawing of a large number of fossils.
D. Through the adventure on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau.
13. What can be inferred according to Su Tao?
A. The average altitude of the plateau was 1,500 meters.
B. “Shangrila”means a place with abundant water and grass.
C. The flourishing subtropical plants have covered the plateau.
D. The fossils found by researchers are tropical or subtropical plants now.
14. Where might the passage come from?
A. The Times.
B. The Wall Street Journal.
C. Chinese National Geography.
D. The Economist.
15. What is the purpose of the passage?
A. To instruct.
B. To educate.
C. To persuade.
D. To inform.
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Every child should know some basic first aid skills. This is true whether your child is four or fourteen.____16____
Calling for help
Once your child reaches the age of four, he should know all about calling 911 in the event of an emergency.
____17____For example, he should call 911 if an adult asks him to, if an adult passes out and cannot be woken, if there is a fire and he can’t findan adult, or if people are hurt.
As I am typing this, I just realized that although my kids are taught about 911, the telephones inthe house are out of reach for all but my oldest child (to prevent the other two from playing with the phone). Don’t make this mistake yourself. You do hope your children can get in touch with the police intime.
____18____
Teach children about basic care for cuts and scrapes. In my house, the kids all know that cuts must be cleaned and know where the bandages are.____19____Asking an adult for help is necessary. Also they should know a bit about self-care. Believe it or not, I had to help a teenage neighbor once who had no idea what todo when he cut his hand on broken glass. He just ran around in a circle.
Burns
Tell your child that ifhe ever gets aburn, he should immediately call for help. Meanwhile, he should run the cool but not cold water for the burn. Getting a burn cooled down quickly can reduce the damage to the skin.____20____
A. Cuts and scrapes
B. Tell them what 911 is about.
C. Set an example for your children.
D. Explain all about what a real emergency is.
E.You should teach your children something useful.
F. This is important if no adult is with your child when a burn occurs.
G. They also know how to put pressure on a cut to make it stop bleeding.
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Dana is a 10-year-old girl, who found her friend was sick with a rare and life-threatening disease.____21____, she began her mission to find a way to help her friend and other____22____children by funding research to discover lifesaving cures.
Dana's first idea was to____23____lemonade (柠檬水) but it would be limited to the summerseason. She had to____24____an alternative concept. Dana and her mother had a fun habit of baking together, and it____25____to her that she could bake cookies. She knew that most people love cookies and like eating them all____26____long. She called her newly created____27____Cookies4Cures.
Dana started her____28____mission when she was only seven years old. She and her mother____29____spent two days a week baking the cookies at home. Dana would then____30____the streets every weekend attempting to sell the cookies door to door to the local____31____. Her first goal was to make $1,000 in sales.“It was so____32____and took us three months," Dana recalled her first tiring yet rewarding sales attempt.
Dana soon decided to move her Cookies4Cures campaign____33____and that was when sales really started to____34____. At the end of the year, she raised $ 56, 000. The concept was simple: she baked the cookies and then____35____others to donate online to fund research for rare diseases in exchange for her____36____cookies.
Cookies4Cures is now____37____on raising awareness for the rare diseases for children. Without a cure, it is scientific____38____that provides hope to children and their families that one day one will be discovered. It is this____39____that motivates Dana to keep____40____baking for causes dear to her heart.
21. A. Instead B. However C. Thus D. Besides
22. A. suffering B. challenging C. promising D. exciting
23. A. make B. sell C. drink D. buy
24. A. come up with B. get along with C. team up with D. come out of
25. A. appeared B. explained C. seemed D. occurred
26. A. day B. year C. month D. week
27. A. company B. project C. medicine D. campaign
28. A. annoying B. troublesome C. caring D. mean
29. A. typically B. secretly C. cautiously D. simply
30. A. build B. run C. clean D. hit
31. A. school B. community C. government D. radio
32. A. eager B. boring C. hard D. bad
33. A. overseas B. ahead C. abroad D. online
34. A. take off B. pull out C. set about D. put aside
35. A. ordered B. allowed C. invited D. warned
36. A. life-changing B. heartbreaking C. easy-going D. mouthwatering
37. A. based B. focused C. insisted D. depended
38. A. communication B. data C. research D. report
39. A. hope B. doubt C. shade D. proof
40. A. healthy B. busy C. calm D. cool
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
At the end of the 16th century, English was mostly spoken by people inEngland. However, the English language___41.___(change) over time. Between about AD 450 and 1150 the English sounded___42.___(much) like German than the English we speak at present for it was___43.___(base) on German. Then___44.___(gradual) between about AD800 and 1150 English became less like German.
Two men had a great___45.___（affect）on the changes of English. One was Samuel Johnson, who wrote his dictionary and___46.___other was Noah Webster, who wrote The American Dictionary of the English Language___47.___gave American English___48.___（it）own identity.
Today, China may have the largest number of English___49.___（learn）. A lot of Chinese people speak English___50.___a foreign language.
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，每句中最多两处。

错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加:在此处加一个漏字符号（℃），并在其下面写出修改的词。

删除:把多余的词用斜线（＼）划掉。

修改:在错的词下划一横线，并在其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；
只允许修改10处，多者（从11处起）不计分。

Today my parents and I decided to go to the field to pick some wild vegetable. We started out early in the morning. Followed my parents, I walked behind happily. Soon we arrived at a small river. Though it was not wide, we had no way of to cross it. Dad watched for a while or then he had an idea. Soon they three set up a simple bridge with some stones together. And then we crossed a river easily. Finally, we reached the top of the hill, when there were many wild plants fit eat. At dusk, we were so exhausted to walk further. Luckily, our neighbor drive by and picked us up.
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
52.假如你是校英文报编辑李华，你报拟举行以三牛精神为主题的征文活动。

请用英语为本活动写一份征稿启事，内容如下：
1.活动目的；
2.稿件要求；
3 .截稿日期及投稿方式。

注意：
1.写作词数应为80左右；
2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

参考词汇：三牛精神the spirit of the ox
Contributions Wanted
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参考答案
1. D
2. D
3. C
4. B
5. C
6. D
7. A
8. D 9. C 10. A 11. B
12. B 13. B 14. C 15. D
16. E 17. D 18. A 19. G 20. F
21. C 22. A 23. B 24. A 25. D 26. B 27. D 28. C 29. A 30. D 31. B 32.
C 33.
D 34. A 35. C 36. D 37. B 38. C 39. A 40. B
41. has changed 42. more 43. based
44. gradually 45. effect 46. the
47. that/which 48. its 49. learners 50. as
51.(1).vegetable→vegetables
(2).Followed→Following
(3).去掉of
(4).or→and
(5).they→we
(6). a→the
(7). when→where
(8). fit后添加to
(9). so→too
(10). drive→drove
52.略。