河南省驻马店市正阳县高级中学2019-2020学年高二英语上学期第三次素质检测试

河南省驻马店市正阳县高级中学2019-2020学年高二英语上学期第
三次素质检测试题
第一部分听力（共两节，满分30分）
第一节(共5小题,每小题1.5分,满分7.5分)
听下面5段对话,每段对话后有一个小题,从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项,并标在试卷的相应位置。

听完每段对话后,你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。

每段对话仅读一遍。

1. Where will they meet?
A. At the underground.
B. At the cinema.
C. At the museum.
2. Which bus will the woman take?
A. Bus number 4.
B. Bus number 6.
C. Bus number 2.
3. What is the man doing?
A. Saying good-bye to a friend.
B. Arranging a plane trip.
C. Paying a bill at the bank.
4. How will the woman pay for the meal?
A. With Master Card.
B. With Visa Card.
C. With cash.
5. When will the woman get the TV?
A. In about an hour.
B. A long time.
C. Several days.
第二节(共15小题,每小题1.5分,满分22.5分)
听下面5段对话或独白。

每段对话或独白后有几个小题,从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项,并标在试卷的相应位置。

听每段对话或独白前,你将有时间阅读各个小题,每小题5秒钟，听完后,各小题给出5秒钟的作答时间。

每段对话或独白读两遍。

听第6段材料,回答第6至8题。

6. Where does the conversation probably take place?
A. At school.
B. At home.
C. In the office.
7. How many hours will the girl work a day?
A. 2.
B.4.
C.6.
8. How much could she get in a week?
A. 24 dollars.
B. 80 dollars.
C. 120 dollars.
听第7段材料,回答第9至11题。

9. What does the man do?
A. A doctor.
B. A psychologist.
C. A news reporter.
10. Which of the following room did the man book before he came?
A. A warm room with a shower.
B. A single room with a shower.
C. Room 523.
11. When is the man checking in?
A. Saturday.
B. Thursday.
C. Tuesday.
听第8段材料,回答第12至14题。

12. What are the speakers talking about?
A. Adventure.
B. Vacation.
C. Weather.
13. Which is the best part of the woman’s tour?
A. Hiking.
B. Skydiving.
C. Visiting relatives.
14. Why did the man stay at home and watch TV?
A. It was raining.
B. He was too tired.
C. He was
with his relatives.
听第9段材料,回答第15至17题。

15. What do we learn about Ms Rowling’s first book?
A. It was written for adults.
B. It made her famous soon.
C. It was
about a kind of animal.
16. Why does Ms Rowling consider herself so lucky?
A. She can make a living by writing.
B. She is loved by many people.
C. She likes writing so much.
17. Where did Ms Rowling get the ideas for the Harry Potter books?
A. She read many books written by others.
B. She collected them from
daily life.
C. She didn’t know it herself.
听第10段材料,回答第18至20题。

18. How long should the participants(参与者) in Big Brother stay inside?
A. 24 days.
B. 100 days.
C. 124 days.
19. Who will be the winner of Survivor?
A. The one who is left at last.
B. The one who can find their
own food.
C. The one who wins one million dollars.
20. What is the purpose of the passage?
A. To introduce Survivor.
B. To introduce Big Brother.
C. To introduce
reality shows.
第二部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分４０分）
第一节(共15小题; 每小题2分，共30分)
请阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题
卡上将该选项的标号涂黑。

A
I waited in line for hours in Central Park for tickets to Shakespeare, so I
could share my experience with you. I hope my experience will be helpful to you!
1. Plan for the weather.
You’ll be sitting outside for several hours waiting for tickets. If it’s
going to be a sunny day, bring sun cream and water. If you think it might rain,
bring your umbrella or raincoat. If the day promises to be unseasonably cool,
you’ll be happy you’ve brought a sweater or jacket along.
2. Keep yourself entertained.
Bring an iPad, a good book, some magazines or even some work along with you to pass the time. You’ll be in line for about 3-4 hours, and you’ll be glad to have a crossword puzzle or other games to kill the time once the people-watching starts to get boring.
3. Know the basics.
Free tickets are being given out for the same day’s performance and they are not changeable. That means if it rains, you’re out of luck. That also means that you have to wait for tickets in the morning and attend the
evening’s performance the same night (Doors open around 8 p.m. for the 8:30 p.m. show.).
4. Feeling fortunate? Enter the online ticket lottery(抽签获票).
If you don’t want to spend several hours waiting in line for tickets, you can try your luck on the Internet. Once you set up your account, you can enter the online ticket lottery between midnight and noon. You’ll get an email message around noon if you’ve gotten tickets, and you can pick up your tickets at the Delacorte Theater between 5:30 pm and 7:30 pm.
21．Why is a crossword puzzle suggested by the author?
A．To cool you down on a sunny day.B．To give you something to read.
C．To entertain you while you are waiting.D．To make iPad games amusing .
22．Which of the following is NOT allowed?
A．Being seated for the evening show at 8:20 p.m.
B．Changing your free tickets for another day.
C．Getting free tickets in the rain.
D．Trying your luck to get free tickets on the Internet.
23．What is the author’s main purpose in writing the passage?
A．To give us some tips on buying online tickets.
B．To make sure you are entertained while you are in line.
C．To call on us to read more books about Shakespeare.
D．To give practical advice about getting tickets.
B
I was selfish as a teenager．I usually spent my time thinking about myself and taking care of my own needs．I let my older brother do most of the work around the house until he left for college．I let my mom and dad worry about our bills and problems while I read books, played, and lost myself in my own imagination．This didn't change even when I went to college either．I studied hard but only to make my own life better． Even when I started to explore my faith, it was only to increase my own happiness．
I married after graduation and decided to start a family．Of course, I had no idea what hard knocks reality had in store for my selfish soul．Soon I found myself unemployed, deeply in debt, and with a new baby on the way．l found out that life has little sympathy for spoiled people．In fact, all of the struggles I was going through were beating the selfishness slowly out of me．
Still,I didn't give up on happiness．I knew that there must be a way to
find it．I finally realized, however, that it had to include more than just my own needs, wants, and desires．The answer began to make itself clear one night shortly after my baby boy was born．I got a bottle and held him in my arms．As I was feeding him I looked down and saw his big, innocent, trusting eyes．I smiled and talked to him．Then he smiled and I could feel my heart growing, expanding with love．I felt such peace and joy．At that moment I had a hint of the truth: it is by growing our hearts with love that we find our happiness．Carolyn Arends wrote："The more people you let into your heart, the bigger your heart gets．The more love you get, the more love you have to give．It just keeps growing." So, keep loving, keep living and keep caring. Keep growing your heart today, tomorrow, and always．
24．What do we know about the author from the first paragraph?
A．He often helped his brother with housework．
B．He studied hard for his family．
C．He was concerned about his family．
D．He put his own needs above others'．
25．What did the author realize after he suffered in life?
A．Spoiled people can't survive the hardship of life.
B．Spoiled people are never happy in life．
C．Life is cruel to spoiled people．
D．Selfishness is helpful．
26．What can be inferred from the passage?
A．The author loved kids．
B．The author often fed his baby．
C．The author realized the importance of happiness．
D．When caring for his baby, the author got inspired．
27．Which can be the best title of the passage?
A．Loving Others, a Way to Happiness B．The Elder One Grows, the More He Gets
C．Help Others, Help Oneself D．Keep Growing to Live a Happy
Life
C
London Underground
The world's first subway was built in London in 1863. At the time, the government was looking for a way to reduce traffic problems in the city of London. The poor areas of the city were so crowded with people that it was almost impossible for horse carriages to get through. The city officials were interested in trying to make it possible for workers to live outside of London and travel easily to work each day. If people had a cheap and convenient way that they could depend on to go to and from work, they would relocate their homes outside of the city. This would help ease(减轻) the pressure of too many people living in the poor parts of London. From these problems, the idea of the London Underground, the first subway system, was born.
The plans for building the Underground met with several problems and delays, but the fast track was finally opened in January 1863. A steam train pulled the cars along the fast underground track which was 6 kilometers (3.7 miles) long. About 30,000 people got on the subway the first day. Riders were treated to comfortable seats (standing up while the train was moving was not allowed), and pleasant decorations inside each of the cars. However, the smoke from the engine soon filled the air in the tunnels with ash and soot(煤灰), as well as chemical gases. Fans had to be put in the tunnels later to keep the air clean enough for people to breathe. Even with its problems, riding in the Underground did catch on. It carried 9 million riders in its first year. 28．What led the British government to build the London Underground?
A．Traffic jams and pollution.B．Population and pollution.
C．Overcrowding and traffic jams.D．The poverty and subway problems. 29．How did the London Underground solve the smoke problem?
A．It made the tunnels larger.
B．It put fans in the tunnels.
C．It cleaned the chemical gases in the tunnels.
D．It reduced the number of passengers riding in the train.
30．The underlined phrase “catch on” most probably means “________”.
A．be troublesome B．become popular and fashionable C．keep up with D．seize
31．Which of the following is TRUE?
A．To relocate the workers’ homes outside London, the government built the subway.
B．There were so many problems and delays that in 18th century the first subway opened.
C．The subway greatly eased the pressure of traffic.
D．There were not enough seats for the passengers the first day the subway opened.
D
Why elephants rarely get cancer is a mystery that has confused scientists for decades. A study was led by researchers at Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI) at the University of Utah and Arizona State University, including researchers from the Ringling Bros. Center for Elephant Conservation may have found the answer. According to the results, elephants have 38 additional modified copies of a gene (基因) that encodes p53, a well-defined tumor (肿瘤) suppressor, as compared to humans, who have only two. Further, elephants may have a more powerful mechanism for killing damaged cells that are at risk for becoming cancerous. In isolated elephant cells, this activity is doubled compared to healthy human cells, and five times that of cells from patients with Li-Fraumeni Syndrome, who have only one working copy of p53 and more than a 90 percent lifetime cancer risk in children and adults. The results suggest extra p53 could explain elephants’ increased resistance to cancer.
“Nature has already figured out how to prevent cancer. It’s up to us to
learn how different animals overcome the problem so we can adapt those strategies to prevent cancer in people,” says co-senior author Joshua Schiffman, M.D．, pediatric oncologist (肿瘤学家) at Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah School of Medicine, and Primary Children’s Hospital.
According to Schiffman, elephants have long been considered a walking problem. Because they have 100 times as many cells as people, they should be 100 times more likely to have a cell slip into a cancerous state and cause the disease over their long life span of 50 to 70 years. And yet it’s believed
that elephants get cancer less often, a theory confirmed in this study. Analysis of a large database of elephant deaths estimates a cancer death rate
of less than 5 percent compared to 11 to 25 percent in people.
32．Why do humans often get cancer compared to elephants according to the passage?
A．Elephants are bigger than humans.B．Elephants have more p53 than humans.
C．Elephants are not as clever as humans.D．Elephants eat more than humans. 33．Which of the following is right according to the passage?
A．Some damaged cells may be dangerous.
B．Some damaged cells are not dangerous.
C．Some damaged cells can’t be cancerous.
D．Some damaged cells in elephants’ bodies are more dangerous than those in humans’ bodies.
34．What can we know from the last paragraph?
A．Elephants have more cells than people.B．Elephants can get cancer easily.
C．Elephants seldom die from cancer.D．Elephants often die from cancer. 35．Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?
A．Elephants help us B．Learn from Nature
C．How to deal with cancer D．Nature helps us prevent cancer
第二节（共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分）
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。

选项中有两项为多余选项。

Time is something that we all are taking for granted these days. We spend hours watching TV or playing mobile games, thinking that this is just normal. I find this a waste of time. 36． Every second is valuable and we should rethink of ways of spending our time.
Firstly, spend time in doing things that really matter. Spend time with your family and friends. Enjoy a nice hot meal and eat it slowly. Give yourself time to play and spend enough time in sleeping. 37．But the truth is the little things matter most in life.
Secondly, you have to know what is done cannot be undone. Do not allow your mind to stay in the past. Every day is a new adventure. 38．It may not be an opportunity like an immediate get-rich chance, but it may be an opportunity for new experiences.
39．If you have only one chance to do something for someone, why not do it
to the best of your ability? It should not matter whether you are being
rewarded or not. You will take pride in your work because you’ve done your
best. Trust me, quality efforts will be rewarded in time.
Lastly, every moment you spend in doing things is the time taken from your life. Don’t waste your time away working day and night just for money. 40．The value of your time is measured by how you spend it and whom you choose to spend
it with.
A．You will get whatever you want from working.
B．Spend more time on the important tasks instead of time-wasters.
C．Do your best in every task as if the world will end tomorrow
D．That is not your life’s worth.
E．It is hours of our lives that we can never get back.
F．Little things like this may seem meaningless.
G．You have to keep your eyes and ears open to the new opportunity.
第三部分英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）
第一节完形填空（共20 小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

Returning from a trip overseas, I sensed that something was wrong between Keith, one of my two sons, and me. So I asked him, “Keith, have I done
anything that really 41 your feelings?” Immediately, he said, “Yes. Last Christmas you promised us a special 42 that we really wanted but you 43 gave it to us. The 44 was that I’d completely forgotten about it. I 45 , “Is there anything else I’ve done wrong, but I haven’t apologized for?” Again, his 46 was immediate, “Remember last Christmas when Mom said you
had to go to the 47 because Kate, my little sister, was going to be born? You left us at home and 48 in a hurry. Remember?” “Well, you left and
49 the suitcase.” I couldn’t believe he 50 all the details! “After you came back from the hospital, you were 51 to see the suitcase had been
opened and 52 had been thrown all over the place, and then you 53 me.”
“And you didn’t do it?” I asked. “No, I didn’t. I was just searching
for my gift.” My heart sank. I felt 54 . I hugged Keith and asked him to
55 me. His honesty made me think of my other son, Kevin. Maybe I’d hurt his feelings, too. I went to ask him the 56 question. Kevin answered as immediately as his 57 , “Last Christmas you 58 us a special toy, but
you forgot about it.” 59 Christmas had passed, I took my two sons to the store that day and bought them what I had promised. The 60 thing wasn’t
the toy. The problem was I’d made a promise too lightly and didn’t keep it as their father.
41．A．showed B．hurt C．attended D．expressed 42．A．candy B．book C．picture D．toy 43．A．never B．often C．always D．ever 44．A．challenge B．message C．idea D．fact
45．A．complained B．apologized C．continued D．explained 46．A．suggestion B．answer C．action D．blame 47．A．hospital B．church C．school D．garden 48．A．settled down B．went on C．set off D．got up 49．A．replaced B．forgot C．brought D．opened 50．A．knew B．imagined C．discovered D．remembered 51．A．angry B．worried C．happy D．satisfied 52．A．nothing B．somebody C．everything D．nobody 53．A．praised B．punished C．helped D．educated 54．A．terrible B．hopeless C．inspired D．encouraged 55．A．support B．criticize C．suspect D．forgive 56．A．easy B．direct C．same D．funny 57．A．mother B．brother C．sister D．father 58．A．bought B．borrowed C．left D．promised 59．A．Though B．Because C．Since D．Until 60．A．strange B．interesting C．important D．difficult
第II卷（非选择题共60分）
第二节（共 10 小题；每小题 1.5 分。

满分 15分）
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号中单词的正确形式。

It was my first trip to India, alone. One day, as I 61．(walk) through a local market, a ten-year-old boy came over and begged me to buy a book,62．had the words “Interesting India” on its cover. I bought it,63．(think) that when I returned home it would remind me 64．my wonderful Indian adventure. The book claimed that India's people were very welcoming of tourists, and never tried 65．(cheat) them. As I read I felt deeply touched by these warm words.
Suddenly, a monkey came down from a nearby tree, snatched the book from my hand and took it away, along with my bag which contained all my belongings. I couldn't do anything but stand and stare. Then a man approached me and asked 66． I wanted my belongings back. He said it would cost
me five US dollars. I had no other choice 67．(leave), so I agreed to pay, but only after my bag was returned.
He blew a whistle and the monkey 68．immediate) threw the bag down. I picked it up and gave him the money. I later learned that 69．man made his living this way: tricking tourists.
This was the 70．(bad) thing I ever experienced in “Interesting India”.
第四部分写作（共四节满分35）
第一节短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
假如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 :
2.只允许修改 10 处，多者（从第 11 处起）不计分。

Dear Tom,
How is everything going? Since you are interested in the shadow play, I'd like to introduce them to you.
As the traditional Chinese folk art, the shadow play has been existed in China for centuries. It dates back to the Han Dynasty, where Emperor Liu Che lost his beloved wife Li. Depressing about her death, he even ignores the state affairs, worrying his officials. Then they made a puppet with the image of Li but performed before the Emperor. He was too pleased that he asked them to spread the art form.
Unfortunately, it is becoming more attractive due to the impact of modern media. Both Chinese artists and the government are making joint efforts conserve the ancient art form.
If you want to know more, don't hesitate to contact me. Best wishes.
Yours,
Li Hua 第二节书面表达（满分25分）
假定李是李华，经常帮助你学习英语的朋友Alex即将返回自己的国家。

请给他写一封邮件，内容包括：
1.表示感谢；
2.回顾Alex对你的帮助；
3.临别祝愿。

注意：1.词数80左右；
2.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Dear Alex,
_______________________________________________________________________________ _______
_______________________________________________________________________________ _______
_______________________________________________________________________________ _______
_______________________________________________________________________________ _______
Yours,
Li Hua
参考答案
阅读理解
21．C22．B23．D24．D25．C26．D27．A28．C 29．B30．B31．C32．B33．A34．C35．D
七选五
36．E37．F38．G39．C40．D
完形填空
41．B42．D43．A44．D45．C46．B47．A48．C 49．B50．D51．A52．C53．B54．A55．D56．C 57．B58．D59．A60．C
语法填空
61．waswalking62．which63．thinking64．of
65．tocheat66．if/whether67．left
68．immediately
69．the70．worst
短文改错
71．them→it72．the→a73．删除been
74．where→when75．Depressing→Depressed76．ignores→ignored 77．but→and78．too→so79．more→less
80．efforts后加to
作文
Dear Alex,
Hearing that you will return to your country soon, I feel a bit upset. But meanwhile, I want to send my sincere gratitude for your kind help with my English learning.
I still remember what you have devoted to improving my oral English and English writing. Besides, you also frankly shared your learning experience with me. Additionally, without your help, I would not have been a top student in English and would not have won the English Speech Contest. All in all, words fail to express my thankfulness to you.
I do hope that you will have a bright future and that our friendship will last forever!
Yours,
Li Hua。