2020年赣县三中高三英语月考试卷及参考答案

2020年赣县三中高三英语月考试卷及参考答案
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
Many workers have had no choice but to adapt to working from home in recent months since offices shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic (新冠疫情). And the noisy situation and endless housework may result in a terrible emotion. A new option is waiting foryou. That is WFH: work from a hotel.
Hotel Figuero
A special program titled Work Perks aims to reposition some of 94-year-old Hotel Figuero’s 268 rooms as day-use offices.
According to Managing Director Connie Wang, the set-up launched in June and is a great opportunity to get out of their houses with high-speed Wi-Fi, unlimited printing privileges and free parking. The 350-square-foot rooms sell for $ 129 per day, with an option to extend to an overnight stay for an additional $ 20.
The Wythe
A boutique hotel in Brooklyn. The hotel recently announced a partnership with co-working office space company Industrious through which it is recycling 13 second-story guest rooms to serve as offices for up to four people.
Each of the rooms has a small outdoor platform, and dogs are welcome. Pricing starts at $ 200 and goes up to $ 275, depending on how many people use the space.
The Sawyer
The Sawyer, in Sacramento, California, is offering pool cabanas (更衣室) for use as outdoor offices, complete with fast Wi-Fi, free parking and catered lunch for $ 150 per day.
HotelsByDay
Yannis Moati founded HotelsByDay back in 2015. That company has grown to include more than 1,500 hotels, and has seen a significant increase in the number of inquiries for day-use bookings lately.
Moati said the current situation will force hotels to upgrade themselves to stay alive, and he predicted that offering rooms for day-use only is one of the directions they will go.
1.How much should one pay for a 24-hour stay in Hotel Figuero?
A.$ 129.
B.$ 149.
C.$ 150.
D.$ 200.
2.Which hotel allows pets in?
A.The Wythe.
B.The Sawyer.
C.HotelsByDay.
D.Hotel Figuero.
3.What do we know about Yannis Moati?
A.He started a program titledWork Perks.
B.He has upgraded at least 1,500 rooms.
C.He usually predicts everything correctly.
D.He is optimistic about the WFH trend.
B
At Aizo Chuo Hospital in Japan, employees greet newcomers, guide patients to and from the surgery area, and print out maps of the hospital for confused visitors. They don’t take lunch breaks or even get paid. Why? They’re robots!
Robots have long worked in factories, helping to build cars and electronic appliances. But today’s robots don’t just do the jobs of people－they actually look and act a lot like people.
Kansei, arobot from Japan, has a plastic face covering 19 movable parts. The robot can make 36 facial expressions in response to different words. Kansei shakes in fear at the word “war” and smiles when it hears the word “dinner”.
Researchers in Europe are going even further with iCub, a “baby” robot. They are teaching it to speak and hold conversations.
The ability to interact is crucial for robots that will one day work closely with humans says robotics professor ChrisAtkeson. “ This will require robots to understand what you say and how you are feeling and respond with appropriate emotions, ” he told WR News.
Japanese scientist Minoru Asada agrees. He is building a robot called CB2 that acts like a real baby. “ Right now, it only goes, ̒Ah, ah. ̓But as we develop its learning function, it will start saying more complex sentences and moving on its own, ” Asada says. “ Next-generation robots need to be able to learn and develop by themselves.”
Intelligent robot will become more important in the future, as populations age and the number of human workers declines in many countries. “ We’re going to have many more old people and not enough young people to care for them,” says robot researcher Matthew Mason. “ Technology can help the old people live at home longer, instead of going to nursing homes.”
4. According to the passage, what jobs have robots already performed?
A. Giving advice, answering customer questions and planning events.
B. Producing factory goods, building cars and greeting customers.
C. Greeting customers, producing factory goods and performing surgery.
D. Building cars, driving passengers and providing directions.
5. The second paragraph in this passage is mainly about?
A. To explain how a robot works.
B. To define what a robot is.
C. To describe the functions of modern robots.
D. To predict the future uses of robots.
6. How does the Kansei robot react on the word “fire”?
A. Use languages to warn nearby humans.
B Back up its memory files.
C. Activate an automatic fire alarm.
D. Produce a worried look on his face.
7. In Asada’s opinion, the next step for robots will be to develop_______.
A. the ability to learn independently
B. the ability to understand human commands
C. the capacity to interact with humans
D. the willingness to work together
C
The connection between people and plants has long been the subject of scientific research. Recent studies have found positive effects. A study conductedin Youngstown，Ohio，for example, discovered that greener areas of the city experienced less crime. In another，employees were shown to be 15% more productive when their workplaces were decorated with houseplants.
The engineers at the Massachusetts Instituteof Technology(MIT)have taken it a step further changing the actual composition of plants in order to get them to perform diverse，even unusual functions. These include plants that have sensors printed onto their leaves to show when they’re short of water and a plant that can detect harmful chemicals in groundwater.＂We’re thinking about how we can engineer plants to replace functions of the things that we use every day,＂explained Michael Strano, a professor of chemical engineering at MIT.
One of his latest projects has been to make plants glow(发光)in experiments using some common vegetables. Strano’s team found that they could create a faint light for three-and-a-half hours. The light，about one-thousandth of the amount needed to read by，is just a start. The technology, Strano said, could one day be used to light the rooms or even to turn trees into self-powered street lamps.
In the future，the team hopes to develop a version of the technology that can be sprayed onto plant leaves in a one-off treatment that would last the plant’s lifetime. The engineers are also trying to develop an on and off＂switch＂where the glow would fade when exposed to daylight.
Lighting accounts for about 7% of the total electricity consumed in the US. Since lighting is often far removed from the power source(电源)-such as the distance from a power plant to street lamps on a remote highway-a lot of energy is lost during transmission(传输).Glowing plants could reduce this distance and therefore help save energy.
8. What is the first paragraph mainly about?
A. A new study of different plants.
B. A big fall in crime rates.
C. Employees from various workplaces.
D. Benefits from green plants.
9. What is the function of the sensors printed on plant leaves by MIT engineer?
A. To detect plants’ lack of water
B. To change compositions of plants
C. To make the life of plants longer.
D. To test chemicals in plants.
10. What can we expect of the glowing plants in the future?
A. They will speed up energy production.
B. They may transmit electricity to the home.
C. They might help reduce energy consumption.
D. They could take the place of power plants.
11. Which of the following can be the best title for the text?
A. Can we grow more glowing plants?
B. How do we live with glowing plants?
C. Could glowing plants replace lamps?
D. How are glowing plants made pollution-free?
D
It is not only praise or punishment that determines a child's level of confidence.There are some other important ways we shape our kids — particularly by giving instructions and commands in a negative or positive choice of words.For example, we can say to a child “Don't run into traffic！” or “Stay on the footpath close to me.” In using the latter, you will be helping your kids to think and act positively, and to feel competent in a wide range of situations, because they know what to do, and aren't scaring themselves with what not to do.
Actually, it is all in the way the human mind works.What we think, we automatically rehearse.For example, if someone offered you a million dollars not to think of a blue monkey for two minutes, you wouldn't be able to do it.When a child is told “Don't fall off the tree，” he will think of two things：“don't” and “fall off the tree”. That is, he will automatically create the picture of falling off the tree in his mind.A child who is vividly imagining falling off the tree is much more likely to fall off.So it is far better to use “Hold on to the tree carefully.”
Clear, positive instructions help kids to understand the right way to do things.Kids do not always know how to be safe, or how to react to the warning of the danger in negative words.So parents should make their commands positive.“Sam, hold on firmly to the side of the boat” is much more useful than “Don't you dare to fall out of the boat？” or “How do you think I'll feel if you drown？” The changes are small but the difference is obvious.
Children learn how to guide and organize themselves from the way we guide them with our words, so it pays to be positive.
12. Positive choice of words helps kids to ________.
A. learn in different situations
B. do things carefully
C. build up their confidence
D. improve their imagination
13. What can we infer from Paragraph 2?
A. A child will act on what is instructed.
B. One can't help imagining what is heard.
C. A child will fall off the tree when told not to.
D. One won't think of a blue monkey when given money.
14. Which of the following commands helps kids to be safe?
A. How do you think I'll feel if you get hurt?
B. Don't play by the lake.
C. Don't you dare to walk through the red light?
D. Fasten your seat belt.
15. The main idea of the passage is that ________.
A. positive instructions guide kids
B. praise makes kids confident
C right instructions keep kids safe D. clear commands make kids different
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
Ways to Improve Yourself by 1% Each Day
Many people treat “life” as something that happens to them. They are the victim.____16____And then there are those who are clear on their goals. When something goes wrong, they are the first to admit where they went wrong. How can you live a life by design instead of by default?
Set goals and actually achieve them
____17____“New Year’s Resolutions” are the worst (or best) example of this. It’s easy to set goals, but very few people follow through with them to the end. People who live by design practice the habit of setting goals and actually achieving them. This constant practice is what allows them to set bigger and bigger goals and see them through to completion.
Surround yourself with people you want to be like
Choose your friends carefully. As they say, “____18____” Make sure that the individuals who occupy your life and time share your values. Ideally, these people should even be a little bit ahead of you, forcing you to stretch and continue to grow in the direction you’d like to go.
Don’t be afraid to go your own way
When you go your own way, everyone will tell you that you're wrong at first. Everyone will point and share their opinion and then somewhere down the line, they will all come back around.____19____And they will ask you how you did it.
Practice discipline
In order for you to get to where you know you can go, you have to say “no” a hundred times more than you say the word “yes”.____20____And the only way to do so is to have a strong sense of self-awareness and discipline.
A. Everybody sets goals.
B. They create the life they want to live.
C. Some people just don’t know when to quit.
D. Theywill see the life you’ve built for yourself.
E. You must be faithful to yourself and your goal.
F. When things go wrong, it’s someone else’s fault.
G. You are a reflection of those who you spend the most time with.
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Writing my daughter a litter every year on her birthday has become part of my life I fill it with unforgettable things that happened to her on____21____days or happy days. I add to the letter photos and cards that would have____22____as the year passes.
I have a small____23____in which 1 keep the things that I want to send my daughter. Every week, I____24____short notes of what I can think of from the week's events. When her birthday approaches, I____25____that box and find it full of beautiful cards and____26____memories.
____27____the letter is written and all the treasures are put into the envelope, I seal (密封) it. It then becomes the____28____letter. On the envelope I always write: A litter to Ann from Daddy一to be opened when you're twenty-one years old. It is a gift of____29____from Dad to her daughter. It is a lasting.____30____of my daughter's real life.
Nowadays, I have taken it my duty to____31____birthday litters to her. As Ann grows____32____, I can see that it is a growing and____33____part of her life, too. One day, we were talking about the____34____. I told Ann that on her 21st birthday, she will be____35____from university.“And I'll be____36____busy reading these litters." She said.“Yes, and you will be offered a good job soon; on your 31st birthday, you will be taking your own kids to school; on your 61st birthday, you will be____37____with your grandchildren and having fun with them.' One of my greatest____38____is to be alive and present to____39____that wonderful time in the future when those letters are____40____and the accumulated (积累) love walks into her life
21. A. common B. different C. unpleasant D. meaningful
22. A. reminded B. recognized C. left D. disappeared
23. A. package B. bottle C. box D. car
24. A. take B. bring. C. give D. finish
25. A. give out B. take out C. turn out D. work out
26. A. painful B. fragrant C. terrible D. bitter
27. A. Because B. Although C. Before D. After
28. A. new year. B. invitation C. birthday D. greeting
29. A. love B. luck C. hope D. friendship
30. A. courage B. challenge C. record D. discussion
31. A. write B. report C. print D. post
32. A. stronger B. richer C. smarter D. older
33. A. special B. ordinary C. negative D. unexpected
34. A. puzzle B. pressure C. future D. past
35. A. escaping B. graduating C. recovering D. traveling
36. A. well B. quite C. such D. little
37. A. playing B. fighting C. talking D. debating
38. A. beliefs B. wills C. comments D. achievements
39. A. calculate B. find C. waste D. witness
40. A. cleared B. locked C. selected D. opened
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
As UNE’s youngest ambassador, Chinese singer and actor Wang Junkai attended a UN meeting in Kenya on March 14.He___41.___(deliver) a speech in English at the UN Sustainable Fashion Alliance conference.
In an interview after the meeting, Wang said that he would like to spread the concept of environmental___42.___(protect) around the world, and to build a better sustainable future for all mankind and our planet.
In fact, it’s not the first time___43.___Wang has contributed to raising awareness of environmental issues. In 2016, Wang___44.___(wide) shared the Wild for Life Campaign, reaching 400 million___45.___(viewer).A year later, he publicly spoke out on the urgent need to protect___46.___(endanger) wildlife. He named them the “superstars of the planet”.
Apart from drawing attention___47.___wildlife, the 19-year-old also called on his fans to commit to reducing e-waste. Within 24 hours, his post___48.___(read) 1.67 million times, and more than 400,000 followers signed the commitment.
According to Wang, young people are no longer merely onlookers when___49.___comes to environmental action; nor should they be. “I will spare no effort to do everything I can____50.____(take)care of our earth. And I invite everyone to join me in generating a wave of positive action,” he said.
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。

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：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改的词。

注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词。

Dear Bill,
How time flies! I went back to school and begin my lesson last month. It will be ten months before I attend the College Entrance Examination, that makes me worried. I failed pass the English test last term because of I had difficulty with it. I will never give up and determine to give myself the second chance to pass them. I will ask my teachers and friends for advices on how to improve it and work out a detailed plan. Besides, I will make fully use of time. Do you have any good ideas? Tell me or I will be grateful to you.
I'm looking forward to hear from you.
Yours ,
Li Hua 第二节书面表达（满分25分）
52.我们生活在五彩斑斓的世界中，但中华民族似乎对红色和黄色情有独钟，请你以“中国人崇尚的颜色”为主题，介绍中国人喜欢红色和黄色的原因。

内容包括：
1.在中国古代，黄色是皇权的象征。

2.红色是喜庆的象征。

注意：
1.词数100字左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

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参考答案
1. B
2. A
3. D
4. B
5. C
6. D
7. A
8. D 9. A 10. C 11. C
12. C 13. B 14. D 15. A
16. F 17. A 18. G 19. D 20. E
21. C 22. D 23. C 24. A 25. B 26. B 27. D 28. C 29. A 30. C 31. A 32.
D 33. A 34. C 35. B 36. B 37. A 38. B 39. D 40. D
41. delivered
42. protection
43. that 44. widely
45. viewers
46. endangered
47. to 48. was read
49. it 50. to take
51.(1). begin→began
(2). that→which
(3). 在failed后加to
(4). 删除of
(5).the→a
(6). them→it
(7). advices→advice
(8). fully→full
(9).or→and
(10).hear→hearing
52.略。