2019-2020学年江西省莲花中学高三英语第二次联考试卷及参考答案

2019-2020学年江西省莲花中学高三英语第二次联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
No one knows when the first printing press was invented or who invented it. but the oldest known printed text originated in China during the first millennium (千年) AD.The Diamond Sutra (《金刚经》), a Buddhist book from Dunhuang, China during the Tang Dynasty, is said to be the oldest known printed book.The Diamond Sutrawas created with a method known as block printing (雕版印刷), which used boards of hand-carved wood blocks in reverse.
It was said that the moveable type was developed by Bi Sheng. He was fromYingshan,Hubei,China, living from 970 to 1051 AD. His method replaced panels of printing blocks with moveable individual Chinese characters that could be reused. The first moveable Chinese Characters were carved into clay and baked into hard blocks that were then arranged onto an iron frame that was pressed against an iron plate.
The earliest mention of Bi Sheng’s printing press is in the bookDream Pool Essays, written in 1086 by Shen Kuo, who noted that his nephews came into possession of Bi Sheng’s typefaces (字体) after his death. Shen Kuo explained that Bi Sheng did not use wood because the texture is inconsistent (不一致的) and absorbs wetness too easily.
By the time of the Southern Song Dynasty, which ruled from 1127 to 1279 AD, books had become popular in society and helped create a scholarly class of citizens who had the capabilities to become civil servants. Large printed book collections also became a status symbol for the wealthy class.
1. When was Bi Sheng’s printing press first introduced in history?
A. After Bi Sheng died and his nephews owned his typefaces.
B. When books became popular in the Southern Song Dynasty.
C. After the block printing was replaced by the moveable type printing.
D. WhenThe Diamond Sutrawas printed into a book.
2. What can we infer from the passage?
A. Shen Kuo made great contributions to printing.
B. The moveable type printing was invented earlier than block printing.
C. Printed books were hard to get in the Song Dynasty.
D. By the Southern Song Dynasty, books had helped people get to higher social positions.
3. Why does the author write this passage?
A. To show that Buddhism was popular in the Tang Dynasty.
B. To introduce the early history of printing.
C. To memorize Bi Sheng, developing the moveable type printing.
D. To indicate the advantages of moveable type printing.
B
You've probably heard it suggested that you need to move more throughout the day, and as a general rule of thumb, that "more" is often defined as around 10,000 steps. With many Americans tracking their stepsvia new fitness-tracking wearables, or even just by carrying their phone, more and more people use the 10,000-step rule as their marker for healthy living. Dr. Dreg Hager, professor of computer science at Johns Hopkins, decided to take a closer look at that 10,000-step rule, and he found that usingitas a standard may be doing more harm than good for many.
“It turns out that in 1960 in Japan they figured out that the average Japanese man, when he walked 10,000 steps a day burned something like 3,000 calories and that is what they thought the average person should consume so they picked 10,000 steps as a number” Hager said.
According to Hager, asking everyone to shoot for 10,000 steps each day could be harmful to the elderly or those with medical conditions, making it unwise for them to jump into that level of exercise, even if it's walking. The bottom line is that 10,000 steps may be too many for some and too few for others. He also noted that those with shorter legs have an easier time hitting the 10,000-step goal because they have to take more steps than people with longer legs to cover the distance. It seems that 10,000 steps may be suitable for the latter.
A more recent study focused on older women and how many steps can help maintain good health and promote longevity (长寿).The study included nearly 17,000 women with an average age of 72. Researchers found that women who took 4,400 steps per day were about 40% less likely to die during a follow-up period of just over four years: Interestingly, women in the study who walked more than 7,500 steps each day got no extra boost in longevity.
4. What does the underlined word "it' in Paragraph 1 refer to?
A. The phone recording.
B. The 10,000-step rule.
C. The healthy living.
D. The fitness-tracking method.
5. What does Paragraph 2 mainly talk about?
A. How many steps a Japanese walks.
B. How we calculate the number of steps.
C. If burning 3,000 calories daily is scientific.
D. Where 10,000 steps a day came from.
6. Who will probably benefit from 10,000 steps each day according toHager?
A. Senior citizens.
B. Young short-legged people.
C. Healthy long-legged people
D. Weak individuals.
7. How many steps may the researchers suggest senior citizens take each day?
A. 4,400 steps.
B. 10,000 steps.
C. 2,700 steps.
D. 7,500 steps.
C
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.
8. 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.
9. 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.
10. 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.
11. 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.
D
An anti-obesity program for Australian girls didn’t lead to any improvements in their diet, physical activities or body weight a year later, according to a new report.
Findings from the school-based intervention (介入), which involved exercise sessions and nutrition workshops for lower-income girls, are the latest disappointment in a lot of research attempting tohead offadult obesity and the disease risks that come with it.
Especially during the middle-and high-school years, girls’ physical activity reduces obviously, according to lead researcher David Lubans, from theUniversityofNewcastleinNew South Wales,Australia. He said, “In the future we need to make the programs more interesting and exciting and present information in a way that is meaningful to adolescent girl.”
Lubans and his workmates conducted their study in 12 schools in low-income areas ofNew South Wales. At the start of the study, girls in both groups weighed an average of close to 130pounds, with about four in ten considered overweight. Over the next year, adolescents in the intervention group were given pedometers (计步器) to encourage walking and running and invited to nutrition workshops and regular exercise sessions during the schoolday and at lunchtime. Participation in some of those activities were less than ideal. For example, the girls went to only one-quarter of lunchtime exercise sessions, and less than one in ten completed at-home physical activity or nutrition challenges, the researchers reported. At the end of the year, girls in both groups had gained a similar amount of weight and there was no difference in their average body fat.
Preventive medicine researcher Robert Klesges said that although some anti-obesity programs have helped adults lose weight, the teen population has always been a source of failure for researchers. “The common belief is: nothing works,” he said. “And we have got to get beyond that.”
“We need to think outside the box,” said Klesges, who wasn’t involved in the new study. “That could include learning from what has worked in adult studies, such as giving meal replacement drinks or prepared foods to teens who have trouble making changes to their diet. Or, it could mean using a “step-care” method — rather than researchers or their doctor telling them to keep doing the same thing.” Klesges said.
12. The underlined words “head off” in Paragraph 2 can best be replaced by “________”.
A. damage
B. defend
C. prevent
D. affect
13. The methods used in the program to stop obesity don’t include ________.
A. walking and running
B. inviting them to nutrition workshops
C. joining exercise sessions regularly
D. giving meal replacement drinks
14. The main reason for the failure of the anti-obesity program is probably that ________.
A. the participants didn’t take an active part in it
B. the program was not interesting and exciting to participants
C. the participants didn’t get extra nutrition or exercise help
D. the program didn’t pay attention to healthy exercise
15. What can be inferred from the last paragraph?
A. As researchers, it is important to have creative research methods.
B. Researchers need to give meals or prepare foods to participants.
C. Teen girls have no difficulty in making changes to their diet.
D. Some ant-obesity programs have not helped adults lose weight.
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An American study of10,000 students found that if you make more friends than the average person at school, you’ll receive a higher salary in later life. People need good social skills at work to work in a team successfully.___16___
On average, teenagers aged between 15 and 17 have 500 “friends” on their favorite social networking sites. Adults have 130. So if you believe this research, you might be very rich.
___17___Dunbar, a professor from theUniversityofOxford, studied the number of messages between users of a popular social networking website, each of whom had between 200 and 2,000friends. He found that they always communicate with a maximum of 150 people.
Among these 150, around 5 people are close friends.___18___They are probably old friends and you share all your good and bad experiences with them. Then there are 10 more friends. Although they’re close to you, you may not keep in touch with them every week. Next there are 35 people who you might spend time with because of a shared interest.___19___You see or speak to these people at least once a year, but you don’t know them well. Beyond this number,Dunbarsays, it’s impossible to make any relationship meaningful.
If you have a lot of online “friends”, try this experiment: First take away anyone you haven’t been in touch with for a year. Then remove those you cannot remember and, finally, take away friends who you wouldn’t mind losing touch with. How many have you left? How many of these people are actually good friends?___20___
A. You are not close to them.
B. And finally, there’s a large group of 100.
C. You’ve most likely known them for long.
D. However, it probably won’t make any difference.
E. These are the same skills we use to make friends at school.
F. They’ve found that having good friends can help you live longer.
G. According to the research, these are the only people that really matter.
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
Biking through my PhD
Overcoming my initial struggles in theNetherlandsto start my PhD has been like riding a bike.
I___21___in a hilly, seaside city inChinawithout cycle paths, and biking was___22___for me. Now,my Dutch neighbour was telling me I had to___23___.
It took me around a month to feel___24___cycling. After half a year,I am starting to enjoy it. For me, a helpful___25___for dealing with Dutch traffic was to make a lot of noise as I___26___: loud laughs, “look out”, “watch it”, and so on. This___27___other cyclists into keeping away from me, and prevented the___28___that had seemed unavoidable when I started.
This pattern, of a time of struggle___29___by fun, was repeated with other____30____of my life inUtrecht. There were more "bikes" that I____31____to learn how to ride. One of them was____32____management. InUtrecht, I don't see people working____33____time. As for working at the weekend,____34____it. I initially assumed that nobody was working very hard, because of their shorter____35____. But after a few months, I____36____that the other PhD students were all____37____focused on their work during that eight﹣hour working____38____, whereas I was taking endless "breaks" when I could have been focusing on my studies.
Cycling has become a____39____of my growth, freedom and____40____adjustment to PhD life in theNetherlands. And I have formed a good habit of working while I work and playing while I play.
21. A. went through B. grew up C. worked out D. got around
22. A. necessary B. convenient C. dangerous D. normal
23. A. learn B. decide C. advance D. travel
24. A. nervous B. anxious C. sensitive D. comfortable
25. A. tendency B. plan C. trick D. instruction
26. A. shouted B. jogged C. rode D. warned
27. A. cheated B. frightened C. guided D. persuaded
28. A. crashes B. ruins C. races D. competitions
29. A. appreciated B. presented C. supported D. followed
30. A. backgrounds B. occupations C. aspects D. studies
31. A. hesitated B. failed C. remembered D. needed
32. A. time B. finance C. business D. personnel
33. A. special B. extra C. regular D. valid
34. A. cancel B. select C. forget D. avoid
35. A. hours B. vacations C. weekdays D. distances
36. A. regretted B. realized C. argued D. supposed
37. A. completely B. considerately C. hurriedly D. repeatedly
38. A. practice B. period C. section D. evaluation
39. A. weakness B. remark C. symptom D. symbol
40. A. dynamic B.objective C. successful D. adventurous
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
English plays are one of the traditional___41.___(part) of the English festival in our school. This year, two plays were performed on stage—the musicals Cats and Beauty and the Beast.
Cats, based on Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats,___42.___(tell) the story of a tribe (部落) of cats. During the night, all the cats in the tribe choose one cat___43.___can be reborn into a new life.
In this play, we had 15 students to play the roles, including six boys and nine girls. I was lucky enough to play a role. In order to perform___44.___(good), we practiced a lot. Every day, we made use of our spare time during lunch and after school___45.___(practise) our lines together with our teachers. We practiced sentence by sentence,___46.___(make) sure to pronounce each word properly.
Finally, we rehearsed (排练) on the stage more than 20 times. During that time, we got a lot of help___47.___advice from our teachers. We made progress day___48.___day, until we gave our first performance. The show was successful and was praised by the audience.
Through this play, my fellow students and I developed our acting skills, increased our interest in English, and gained a___49.___(deep) friendship with one another than before. More___50.___(important), we discovered the beauty of musicals and the English 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：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(从第11处起)不计分。

I can well remember how happily I was every time my mother celebrated my birthday. Every year on my
birthday, my mother used buy a large cake and some gifts for me. The whole family would sit around the table, sharing the delicious food cooking by my mother.
With my mother’s birthday come, I would like to do something for her in the return to express my special gratitude. Tomorrow I was going to buy her a cake as well as a bunch of flowers. In the afternoon, I will cook a birthday meal for my mother by me. I have grown up, so my mother is getting old. My dear mother, thank you for that you have done for me. May joy and healthy be with you always!
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
52.请以“Life in the future”为题，描述你心中未来的生活。

词数80左右。

参考答案
1. A
2. D
3. B
4. B
5. D
6. C
7. A
8. D 9. A 10. D 11. A
12. C 13. D 14. A 15. A
16. E 17. D 18. C 19. B 20. G
21. B 22. C 23. A 24. D 25. C 26. C 27. B 28. A 29. D 30. C 31. D 32.
A 33.
B 34.
C 35. A 36. B 37. A 38. B 39.
D 40. C
41. parts
42. tells 43. who/that/which
44. well 45. to practise
46. making 47. and
48. by 49. deeper
50. importantly
51.(1). happily→happy
(2). used 后加to
(3). cooking→cooked
(4). come→coming
(5). in the return 去掉the
(6). was→am
(7). me→myself
(8). so→and/but
(9). that→what
(10). healthy→health
52.略。