2020年苏州中学园区校高三英语第一次联考试题及答案

2020年苏州中学园区校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
In his 402nd anniversary year, Shakespeare is still rightly celebrated as a great language master and writer. But he was not the only great master of play writing to die in 1616, and he is certainly not the only writer to have left a lasting influence on theater.
While less known worldwide, Tang Xianzu is considered one of Chinas greatest playwrights and is highly spoken of in that country of ancient literary and dramatic traditions.
Tang was born in 1550 inLinchuan,Jiangxiprovince. Unlike Shakespeare's large body of plays,poems and sonnets (十四行诗), Tang wrote only four major plays: The Purple Hairpin, Peony Pavilion (《牡丹亭》), A Dream under the Southern bough, and Dream of Handan. The latter three were constructed around a dream narrative, a way through which Tang unlocked the emotional dimension of human desires and ambitions and explored human nature beyond the social and political limits of that time.
Similar to Shakespeare, Tang's success rode the wave of a renaissance (复兴) in theater as an artistic practice. As in Shakespeare'sEngland, Tang's works became hugely popular inChinatoo. During Tang'sChina, his plays were enjoyed performed, and changed. Kunqu Opera, a form of musical drama, spread from southernChinato the whole nation and became a symbol of Chinese culture. Combining northern tune and southern music, kunqu Opera was known for its poetic language, music, dance movements and gestures. Tang's works benefited greatly from the popularity of kunqu Opera, and his plays are considered classics of kunqu Opera.
While Tang and Shakespeare lived in a world away from each other, there are many things they share in common, such e humanity of their drama, their heroic figures, their love for poetic language, a lasting popularity and the anniversary during which we still celebrate them.
1. Why is Shakespeare mentioned in the first paragraph?
A. To describe Shakespeare's anniversary.
B. To introduce the existence of Tang Xianzu.
C. To explain the importance of Shakespeare.
D. To suggest the less popularity of Tang Xianzu.
2. What's possibly one of the main theme of Tang's works?
A. Social reality.
B. Female dreams.
C. Human emotions.
D. Political environment.
3. What does the author mainly tell us in Paragraph 4?
A. The influence of Kunqu Opera on Tang's works.
B. Tang's success in copying Shakespeare's styles.
C. The way Kunqu Opera became a symbol of Chinese culture.
D. Tang's popularity for his poetic language and music.
B
Starting at university or college can be a big challenge, especially if you’re living away from home for the first time. You arefaced with big questions such as, “Who’s going to do my washing?” “Who’s going to tidy my room?” And, most importantly, “How am I going to eat?” Yes, living on your own means cooking for yourself, and when you’re living a student lifestyle, this could be a recipe for disaster.
Students, in the UK at least, often rely on generally available food such as baked beans or cheese on toast. And for the more adventurous, there’s “spag bol” — spaghetti bolognaise(肉酱意粉), that is, cooked spaghetti served with a ground beef and tomato sauce — a budget-friendly solution. If you make a huge pan of it, it can probably last you a whole week! Other low-cost options include jar sauces and oven pizzas.
Recently, a British supermarket suggested that rose harissa paste, organic cider vinegar and Swiss bouillon powder were the important food materials needed for the “student cupboard”. But are these items considered essential and affordable for someone on a budget?
As a matter of fact, living on a budget is certainly one barrier to eating a well-balanced diet. What’s more, some young people don’t know much about cooking, and for many young students, there are more fun things to go and do than just stay inside and cook. That’s where takeaways and microwave meals come in.
What should a health-conscious student really have in his or her food cupboard? Jack Monroe, a food writer and campaigner, has words to say: baked beans, lemon juice, canned tomatoes and tomato ketchup, described as “salt, sugar, vinegar and tomato all in one handy squeezy bottle”. And should that not appeal, you can always wait till your next visit to your mum and dad for a square meal!
4. What does the author indicate by “this could be a recipe for disaster”?
A. Cooking is difficult for a student.
B. Students must cook if they live alone.
C. It is important to live independently.
D. Learning to cook will cause disasters.
5. What is the feature of “spag bol”?
A. It is delicious.
B. It is healthy.
C. It saves money.
D. It needs little skill.
6. What is paragraph 4 mainly about?
A. How well-balanced diets can be realized.
B. How students can eat healthily with limited money.
C. Why living on a budget is common among students.
D Why students choose takeaways and microwave meals.
7. Why does the author write the last paragraph?
A. To advocate visiting parents.
B. To offer some tips.
C. To promote health consciousness.
D. To introduce a writer.
C
A new study has discovered that meditation (冥想) and oxygen sport together reduce depression. The Rutgers University study found that this mind and body combination, done twice a week for only two months,reduced the symptoms for a group of students by 40 percent.
“We are excited by the findings because we saw such a meaningful improvement in both clinically depressed and non-depressed students,” said lead author Dr. Brandon Alderman. “It is the first time that both of these two behavioral ways have been looked at together for dealing with depression.”
Researchers believe the two activities have an interactive effect on combatingdepression. Alderman and Dr. Tracey Shors discovered that a combination of mental and physical training (MAP) enabled students with major depressive disorder not to let problems or negative thoughts defeat them.
Rutgers researchers say those who participated in the study began with 30 minutes of focused attention meditation followed by 30 minutes of oxygen sport. They were told that if their thoughts drifted to the past or the future they should refocus on their breathing, enabling those with depression to accept moment-to-moment changes in attention.
Shors, who studies the productionof new brain cells in the hippocampus—part of the brain involved in memory and learning—says scientists have shown in animal models that oxygen sport exercise keeps a large number of certain cells alive.
The idea for the human intervention (干预) came fromher laboratory studies, she says, with the main goal of helping individuals acquire new skills so that they can learn to recover from stressful life events.
By learning to focus their attention and exercise, people who are fighting depression can acquire new learning
skills that can help them process information and reduce the overwhelming recollection of memories from the past, Shors says.
“We know these treatments can be practiced over a lifetime and that they will be effective in improving mental health.” said Alderman. “The good news is that this intervention can be practiced by anyone at any time and at no cost.”
8. What made the research so different?
A. Adopting a way of meaningful talk.
B. Combining the two behavioral ways to treat depression.
C. Treating depression with special medicine.
D. Comparing the depressed with the non-depressed.
9. The underlined word “combating” in Paragraph 3 can be replaced by ______.
A. fighting
B. identifying
C. distinguishing
D. examining
10. What did the participants do in the research?
A. They did oxygen sport half an hour before thinking.
B. They thought quietly and then took exercise.
C. They took exercise longer than they thought.
D. They took exercise while thinking quietly.
11. What is Shors’ main purpose of her studies?
A. To find out certain brain cells of humans.
B. To study the production of new brain cells.
C. To offer people a new method to treat stress.
D. To decide the links between stress and exercise.
D
Janet Fein, aged 84, received her bachelor's degree from the University last week, having waited a long time for her chance to reach that goal.
Growing up in the Bronx area ofNew York City, Fein worked at a dress manufacturer after graduating early at the age of 16. After getting married, she spent 18 years staying home with her children. She held several jobs through her life, including 20 years as a secretary at a hospital until her retirement at age 77.
Fein has had a full life. But even then, she was not ready to take it easy and rest during a well-earned
retirement. She decided to major in sociology because she felt it was “substantial.”
Fein took part in a state program that lets people who are 65 and older take free classes at public universities in Texasand kept going to class even as her health conditions worsened. During her studies, it became necessary for her to use a walker to get around and she required oxygen. She also developed knee problems. So, Fein took online classes to finish the last part of her degree requirements.
Sheila Rollerson, Fein' scollege advisor, and Carol, the professor told the media that Fein never showed signs of giving up even with all of her difficulties. She would speak up a lot in class and it just made for a more interesting class.
Fein has also inspired Renee Brown, one of Fein's caregivers. At 53, Renee plans to begin nursing school to further her career. “Renee, you can do it. If I can do it you can do it, and you will feel so good about it,” Brown remembers what Fein told her.
12. What is the second paragraph mainly about?
A. Janet Fein's growth
B. Janet Fein's aim
C. Janet Fein's job experiences
D. Janet Fein's regrets
13. What does the underlined phrase “substantial” in paragraph 3 refer to?
A. Interesting
B. Valuable
C. Easy
D. Affordable
14. What can be learned about Fein according to the passage?
A. Fein lived on little money after her retirement.
B. Fein had a problem with her arms while at universities.
C. The Internet played a role in Fein's university education.
D. The good health helped Fein get her bachelor's degree.
15. What is Janet Fein like according to the passage?
A. Hardworking and humorous.
B. Determined and generous.
C. Positive and patient.
D. Inspiring and perseverant.
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What makes one person more intelligent than another? What makes one person a genius, like the brilliant Albert Einstein, and another person a fool? Are people born intelligent or stupid,or is intelligence the result of where and how you live?____16____
However, we know that just being born with a good mind is not enough. In some ways, the mind is like a leg or an arm muscle.____17____Mental exercise is particularly important for young children. Many child psychologists think that parents should play with their children more often and give them problems to think about.____18____On the contrary, if children are left alone a great deal with nothing to do, they are more likely to become dull and unintelligent.____19____According to some psychologists, if parents are always telling a child that he or she is a fool or an idiot, then the child is more likely to keep doing silly and foolish things. So it is probably better for parents to say very positive things to their children, such as “That was a very clever thing you did.” or “____20____”
A. What people want to express is like this.
B. A healthy body leads to one’s intelligence.
C. Parents should also be careful about what they say to young children.
D. These are very old questions, and the answers to them are still not clear.
E. You are such a smart child.
F. It needs exercise.
G. The children are then more likely to grow up brightly and intelligently.
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When someone asks you who your favorite hero is, you probably say Spiderman or maybe Captain America. If I’m being____21____honest, my first and favorite hero is my dad.
Since before I was born, my dadalways knew he was going to____22____me with all his heart. All the sacrifices,____23____decisions, and sleepless nights he spent, were all for____24____. I remember learning about how my dad came to this country looking for a better life for the____25____generations, knowing there were risks. Learning about how he____26____high school to work to support his family, not knowing how it would___27___him in the long run. He did all that for me,___28___maybe he didn’t know it then. My being born was the___29___thing that ever happened to him, and he even wrote me a letter! I remember times when I would____30____him up in the middle of the night, asking him for piggy back rides, and he would do it even if it was after a_____31_____day.
My sister was born on October 4, 2008. That day our_____32_____changed. She was sick. The doctors only gave her a month to live. I____33____couldn’t understand anything but the fact that my parents were____34____. She went through so much in a year, three organ transplants and____35____hospitalizations, during which my
dad assumed the role of my mom. My poor mother was by my sister’s side the_____36_____time. I did____37____with my dad, from sleeping in his bed because I was scared, to going to work with him every single day. This went on for years.
When I was in elementary school, I____38____Batman, because that was, and still is, my dad’s favorite superhero.____39____, my father has the magic power to make me feel happy and joyful, even if I’m mad. He makes me feel safe, warm, and loved. He is my____40____. Although sometimes I may get angry or moody, I will always love him.
21. A. hardly B. sometimes C. completely D. often
22. A. love B. leave C. feed D. educate
23. A. easy B. tough C. final D. right
24. A. the country B. the family C. me D. himself
25. A. hopeful B. past C. graceful D. future
26. A. dropped out of B. went to C. ran away from D. set up
27. A. benefit B. affect C. destroy D. impress
28. A. if B. because C. though D. once
29. A. last B. worst C. first D. best
30. A. pick B. recover C. take D. wake
31. A. beautiful B. long C. magic D. meaningful
32. A. life B. attitude C. relationship D. dream
33. A. always B. still C. also D. already
34. A. mistaken B. mad C. sad D. sorry
35. A. multiple B. reasonable C. skillful D. rare
36. A. entire B. spare C. relaxing D. working
37. A. nothing B. anything C. something D. everything
38. A. hated B. laughed at C. liked D. wrote about
39. A. Hopefully B. Similarly C. Unfortunately D. Irregularly
40. A. friend B. model C. example D. superhero
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
China is a big old country,____41.____has a history of more than five thousand years. We are proud
of___42.___(it) culture and part of the culture even influences the world____43.____(great), for example, the thought of Confucius(孔子). As Chinese economy develops very fast and plays____44.____important role in the world. More and more___45.___(foreign) learn Mandarin(普通话) in Confucius institutions. The Chinese traditional culture can____46.____(test) by the time. It unites the whole nation____47.____no matter what kind of disaster comes, we will fight together for the country’s future. Today, many young people lose faith in traditional culture and they are crazy about the western culture. They follow the western fashion,____48.____(think) we are the old style. But some day, they____49.____(realize) they are wrong______50.______(ignore) traditional culture.
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.During the National Day, we had our first visit to the Three Gorges Dam in Yichang, Hubei Province. After arriving, we put our luggage in the hotel room and booked one-day tour. A taxi took us to the destination, and it was crowded with tourist. Having prepared well, we begin our sail in the Yangtze River. The more exciting moment of all was when we passed Gezhouba Dam. It was there where our ship got to a higher position and kept on sail in the great river again. As I was getting off the ship, I suddenly found out my camera missing. Fortunately, a kind passenger picked it up and gave it to him. How impressive I was by the scenery or people there.
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
52.假定你是李华，上周五你校举办了换书阅读活动。

请你为校英文报写一篇报道，内容包括:
1.活动目的；
2.活动情况；
3.活动反响。

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。

Book exchange on campus
参考答案
1. B
2. C
3. A
4. A
5. C
6. D
7. B
8. B 9. A 10. B 11. C
12. A 13. B 14. C 15. D
16. D 17. F 18. G 19. C 20. E
21. C 22. A 23. B 24. C 25. D 26. A 27. B 28. C 29. D 30. D 31. B 32.
A 33.
B 34.
C 35. A 36. A 37.
D 38. C 39. B 40. D
41. which
42. its 43. greatly
44. an 45. foreigners
46. be tested
47. and 48. thinking
49. will realize
50. to ignore
51.(1).booked后加a
(2).tourist--tourists
(3).begin--began
(4).more--most
(5).where--that
(6).sail--sailing
(7).found后的out去掉
(8).him--me
(9).impressive--impressed
(10).or--and
52.略。