2020届连城县第二中学高三英语月考试题及答案

2020届连城县第二中学高三英语月考试题及答案
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
The Internet has revolutionized our lives to such an extent (程度) that for most people, the global network has become more than just a tool but rather an important aid in everyday life. More and more people go online as wireless networks have brought the Internet closer and closer: it’s on our mobile phones, in our cars and TV sets, in hospital surgery rooms and in fishing boats that battle the waves of the Atlantic.
And this revolution has brought along with it a new way of shopping. Both big and small, e-business websites have flooded the Internet by the hundreds of thousands. Anything you can buy from a brick and mortar store (实体店) you can also buy online: from food and clothes to toys, no matter what you’re looking for, you’re bound to find the right online store with just a few clicks of the mouse. You can use the Internet to find new suppliers, post buying requests or search for products and services.
This revolution has affected brick and mortar business owners greatly. And what was their reaction? They’ve opened online stores to go hand in hand with their conventional business.
But do the big players have reasons to be afraid? Are we going to start seeing ghostly, deserted Walmarts (沃尔玛) across the country? Probably not in the near future but the day will come when most people will just stop shopping offline anymore. A trip to Walmart wastes time, burns gas.
The recent advancements in mobile technology and the introduction of mobile phones with enhanced (提高的) web capabilities have even made some people order their groceries when they get out from work and have them delivered at their doorstep by the time they get home. And as “Time is money”, this practice is lifesaving for people whowork two jobs.
Technology will continue to advance and e-business will follow closely in its footsteps. Everything will become easier and less time consuming, leaving us more time to enjoy the things that really matter in life: the ones we love, our friends and hobbies.
1. What is Paragraph 1 mainly about?
A. The popularity of mobile phones.
B. The great influence of the Internet.
C. The importance of the Internet.
D. The function of the global network.
2. In response to the threat of online business, the brick-and-mortar store owners________.
A. have stopped their traditional business
B. have started their dislike of the Internet
C. have established their own website
D. have opened their online stores
3. What would be the best title for the passage?
A. A New Way of Shopping.
B. The Internet Revolution.
C. What is the Reaction to Online Shopping?
D. Is Online Shopping the Future of E-business?
B
When rescuers were called to rescue a “little owl”, they did not expect to find one that was too fat to fly. A concerned citizen first spotted the poor bird lying helplessly. Even Rufus Samkin, whose team then took the team in on Jan.3, believed the bird to be injured. There were no wounds to be found, however, causing experts to believe the female owl was simply too wet to fly.
But it was only after a thorough drying-off and complete checkup that they noted the real issue. The rescuers weighed the owl and concluded that she was “simply extremely obese” and couldn’t take off. This additional weight left her unable to fly, though experts began to wonder how she got so fat in the first place. Because it’s rather unusual for wild birds to reach such a state, they decided to keep her a few weeks and monitor her.
In the end, the rescuers assessed that it was simply a case of “natural obesity”. December 2019 was quite warm, which meant that there were many insects for the bird to feast upon. Indeed, the owl was discovered in a field that was “filled with field mice” due to the usual climate. “It’s been very mild here, and the owl is able to find foods easily,” Samkin explained. With the sudden food, “she ly ate much and got very fat. She had a lovely time, but went too far.”
The researchers consequently put the owl on a “strict diet” so she could shrink to a more “natural weight”. She was even put on a bit of exercise and encouraged to fly around. In the end, the bird was sent flying gracefully off into the British countryside at a much healthier and happier weight. Hopefully, this owl won’t come upon another feast of field mice—unless she wants another few weeks at the fat camp.
4. What did people think happened to the owl at first?
A. She was hurt.
B. She was trapped.
C. She was hungry.
D. She was wet.
5. Why was the bird unable to fly?
A. She needed a thorough checkup.
B. She should be given a drying-off.
C. She was completed overweight.
D. She was simply extremely strong.
6. What made the owl have enough foods?
A. The especially warm weather.
B. The reducing number of insects.
C. The rich fields growing crops.
D. The lovely time the bird enjoyed.
7. How did the owl loseits weight?
A. Going on a diet and exercising.
B. Flying in the British countryside.
C. Visiting that fat camp again.
D. Enjoying her wonderful feast freely.
C
One day, when I was working as a psychologist（心理学家）in England, an adolescent boy showed up in my office. It was David. He kept walking up and down restlessly, his face pale, and his hands shaking slightly. His head teacher had referred him to me.“This boy has lost his family,” he wrote. “He is understandably very sad and refuses to talk to others, and I’m very worried about him. Can you help?”
I looked at David and showed him to a chair. How could I help him? There are problems psychology doesn’t have the answer to, and which no words can describe. Sometimes the best thing one can do is to listen openly and sympathetically（同情）
The first two times we met, David didn’t say a word. He sat there, only looking up to look at the children’s drawings on the wall behind me. I suggested we play a game of chess. He nodded. After that he played chess with me every Wednesday afternoon---in complete silence and without looking at me. It’s not easy to cheat in chess, but I admit I made sure David won once or twice.
Usually, he arrived earlier than agreed, took the chess board and pieces from the shelf and began setting them up before I even got a chance to sit down. It seemed as if he enjoyed my company（陪伴）. But why did he never look at me?
“Perhaps he simply needs someone to share his pain with,” I thought. “Perhaps he senses that I respect his suffering.” Some months later, when we were playing chess, he looked up at me suddenly.
“It’s your tum,” he said.
After that day, David started talking. He got friends in school and joined a bicycle club. He wrote to me a few
times, about his biking with some friends, and about his plan to get into university. Now he had really started to live his own life.
Maybe I gave David something. But I also learned that one…without any words---can reach out to another person. All it takes is a hug, a shoulder to cry on, a friendly touch, and an ear that listens.
8. When he first met the author, David .
A. felt a little excited
B. looked a little nervous
C. walked energetically
D. showed up with his teacher
9. David enjoyed being with the author because he .
A. wanted to ask the author for advice
B. liked the children’s drawings in the office
C. beat the author many times in the chess game
D. needed to share sorrow with the author
10. What can be inferred about David?
A. He liked biking before he lost his family.
B. He recovered after months of treatment.
C. He went into university soon after starting to talk.
D. He got friends in school before he met the author.
11. What made David change?
A. The author’s silent communication with him.
B. His teacher’s help.
C. The author’s friendship.
D. His exchange of letters with the author.
D
When you think of the icy Arctic Ocean, do you picture cold blue waters, on which float (漂浮) icebergs home to animals and fish not seen elsewhere on the planet? Think again, or rather add 300 billion pieces of plastic (塑料) to your picture. That's the amount of plastic that scientists believe is floating around the Arctic Ocean. Most of the plastic is in the area to the east of Greenland and north of Scandinavia.
Where did it come from? After all, the lands near the Arctic are not really full of people. It turns out that
ocean currents are carrying plastic thrown into the ocean all the way to the Arctic. An ocean current is an unending movement of sea water from one point to another. It is caused by several things including heat from the Sun, wind and movement of the Earth.
Many of these plastic pieces seem to have travelled for years before reaching the Arctic. This was worked out by scientists studying the plastic problem after they observed the condition of the pieces. While much plastic floats on top of the water, a lot also may be on the sea floor.
Plastic has been widely used for 60 years on Earth and our careless throwing of plastic things is slowly turning the once perfectly clean Arctic into a dangerous place. Unlike food waste and plant waste, plastic doesn't break down so easily. In fact the United States Environment Protection Organization reports that “every bit of plastic ever made still exists”.
What's the effect? Seabirds, sea turtles and other ocean creatures could get hurt and die when they accidentallyswallowplastic. Plastic waste affects fishing, affecting people who earn money through fishing. Plastics can let out dangerous poisons (毒物) into the water. These may be swallowed by fish, and when these fish are caught and eaten by people or bigger animals, they could get poisoned too!
12. What can we learn from the passage?
A. The Arctic Ocean is heavily polluted.
B. The plastic is mostlyin the area in the east of Greenland.
C. An ocean current is just caused by the movement of the earth.
D. Much more plastic floats on top of the water.
13. Which of the following doesn't contribute to the plastic ocean?
A. Humans throw away plastic things at will.
B. Ocean currents carry plastic things everywhere.
C. Plastic can let out harmful things into the water.
D. Plastic is hard to break down.
14. What does the underlined word “swallow” in the last Paragraph mean?
A. Break down.
B. Take in.
C. Accept.
D. Touch.
15. What's the best title of the text?
A. Are Men to Blame for Plastic Ocean?
B. Arctic Ocean and Its Future!
C. Is Plastic Harmful?
D. Arctic Ocean or Plastic Ocean?
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
6 ways our post-pandemic (疫情后) world will be different
The future has never been easy to forecast, and the coronavirus makes life even more unpredictable. To gather informed views on how we most likely will live, learn, work, and communicate when we reach the new normal, National Geographic interviewed a range of experts and leaders.
New Ways to Learn
___16___Although equal access to tech remains a barrier, tools will be designed that may bridge divides. Students will use technology to help with homework, set goals, and measure progress.
Balance Work and Life
The future of work won’t be fully remote, but it won’t be limited to offices, either. It’ll be a mixture. Smaller offices will be centers for occasional in-person collaboration, while improved digital tools—such as better video chatting—will support workers at home. Besides, more emphasis on balancing productivity with personal needs will allow employees to organize their work hours to fit their schedules.___17___
Tech Leads the Way
Broadband(宽带) access has never beenequal.___18___Yet advances in high-speed 5G telecom networks will fuel an increase in fields from telemedicine to banking, education, and transportation. This will be a tidal wave of change. More efficient networks will reduce costs and help small businesses affected by the pandemic reach new customers and grow.
Get Out and Stay Out
U. S.national parks saw dramatic drops in visitors last spring—but then numbers exploded this spring, as did sales for RVs and bikes.___19___People are going outdoors more often this year and also shifting from adventure sports requiring travel—skiing, climbing, backpacking—to closer-to-home activities such as bird-watching, gardening, and bike riding.
___20___
Public concern in theUnited Statesabout global warming hit an all-time high last November, according to researchers at Yale andGeorgeMasonUniversities. Large majorities of Americans think human-caused global warming is real, and they feel worried and even personally responsible. Surprisingly, a survey in April found that COVID-19 hadn’t replaced concern over the climate—though it had reduced media coverage of it.
A. Remote Possibilities
B. One Planet, Two Crises
C. Therefore, flexibility will be the ultimate job benefit.
D. The pandemic exposed that divide.
E. One positive aspect of schools closing may be how districts are innovating to improve learning from home.
F. Many cities have closed streets to make room for outdoor dining, public events, and parks.
G. The Internet has made it possible for millions of peopleto work remotely, but it’s put us at risk of cyber- attacks.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“Mama, when I grow up, I’m going to be one of those!” I said this after seeing the Capital Dancing Company perform when I was three. It was the first time that my____21____took on a vivid form and acted as something important to start my training. As I grew older and was____22____to more, my interests in the world of dance____23____varied but that little girl’s dream of someday becoming a____24____in the company never left me. In the summer of 2005 when I was 18, I received the phone call which made that dream a____25____; I became a member of the company____26____back to 1925.
As I look back on that day now, it surely____27____any sense of reality. I believe I stayed in a state of pleasant disbelief____28____I was halfway through rehearsals (排练) on my first day. I never actually____29____to get the job. After being offered the position, I was completely______30______. I remember shaking with excitement.
Though I was ly thrilled with the change, it did not come without its fair share of______31______. Through the strict rehearsal period of dancing six days a week, I found it very important to______32______up the material fast with every last bit of concentration. It is that extreme______33______to detail and stress on practice that set us______34______. To then follow those high-energy rehearsals______35______a busy show schedule of up to five performances a day, I discovered a new______36______of the words “hard work.” What I thought were my physical______37______were pushed much further than I thought______38______. I learned to make each performance better than the last.
Today, when I look at the unbelievable company that I have the great______39______of being a part of, not only as a member, but as a dance captain, I see a______40______that has inspired not only generations of little girls but a splendid company that continues to develop and grow—and inspires people every day to follow their dreams.
21. A. hobby B. plan C. dream D. word
22. A. connected B. expanded C. exposed D. communicated
23. A. rarely B. certainly C. probably D. constantly
24. A. director B. trainer C. leader D. dancer
25. A. symbol B. memory C. truth D. reality
26. A. flashing B. dating C. turning D. sliding
27. A. lacks B. adds C. makes D. brings
28. A. while B. since C. until D. when
29. A. cared B. expected C. asked D. decided
30. A. motivated B. relaxed C. convinced D. astonished
31. A. challenges B. profits C. advantages D. adventures
32. A. put B. mix C. build D. pick
33. A. attention B. association C. attraction D. adaptation
34. A. apart B. aside C. off D. back
35. A. over B. by C. with D. beyond
36. A. function B. meaning C. expression D. usage
37. A. limits B. problems C. barriers D. efforts
38. A. necessary B. perfect C. proper D. possible
39. A. talent B. honor C. determination D. responsibility
40. A. victory B. trend C. tradition D. desire
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
根据句意补全文章
In addition to the physical benefits, aerobic exercises has___41.___benefits. People who exercise aerobically often say that they feel thirty percent less___42.___than they did before they began exercising. The aerobics___43.___seems to have___44.___people who have not___45.___been motivated to get much exercise.
Respect is___46.___to any relationship. Respect is the key to___47.___friendships, to political alliances, and to international cooperation.___48.___respect you show that someone___49.___to you. Your treatment of others___50.___your level of respect for them.
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句子,请你修改你同桌写的以下句子。

文中共有10处语言错误,每句只有一处错误，且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(＼)划掉。

修改：在错的词下画一横线,并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

He became inspired when he thought about helping ordinary people exposing to cholera.
He also noticed that some houses (such as 20 and 21 Broad Street and 8 and 9 Cambridge Street) have had no deaths.
Although he had tried to ignore them, all his mathematical calculations led to the same conclusion which the earth was not the center of the solar system.
Only if you put the sun there the movements of the other planets in the sky make sense.
I have to remind I constantly that I am really in AD 3008.
The next day Pingyu was leaving London to Windsor Castle.
I realized that I had been transported into the future of where was still my hometown.
You have three layers of the skin which acts as a barrier against disease, poisons and the sun’s harmful rays.
The skin will turn white when presses.
It is no doubt that John’s quick thinking and the first aid skills he learned at school saved Ms Slade’s life.
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
52.假定你是校学生会主席李华,你校足球队将与来自伦敦的学生进行一场友谊赛,请你代表全体师生用英语写一篇欢迎辞。

内容包括：
1.校队简介；
2.比赛意义；
3.表达祝愿。

注意：
1.写作词数应为80左右；
2.可适当增加细节,以使行文连贯。

参考词汇：友谊赛a friendly match
Dear guests, teachers and fellow students,
I'm Li Hua, chairman of the Students' Union.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________
Thank you!
参考答案
1. B
2. D
3. D
4. A
5. C
6. A
7. A
8. B 9. D 10. B 11. A
12. A 13. C 14. B 15. D
16. E 17. C 18. D 19. F 20. B
21. C 22. C 23. B 24. D 25. D 26. B 27. A 28. C 29. B 30. D 31. A 32.
D 33. A 34. A 35. C 36. B 37. A 38. D 39. B 40. C
41. emotional
42. anxious
43. boom 44. attracted
45. previously
46. critical
47. keeping
48. Through
49. matters
50. reflects
51.(1). exposing→exposed
(2). have→had或去掉have
(3). which→that
(4). 在there后面加did/do
(5). I→myself
(6). to→for (7). where→what
(8). acts→act
(9). presses→pressed
(10). It→There
【51题详解】
考查过去分词。

句意：当他想到帮助那些感染霍乱的普通人时，他就受到了启发。

名词people和expose是逻辑上的动宾关系，用过去分词表被动，作名词people的后置定语。

故将exposing改为exposed。

【52题详解】
考查时态。

句意：他还注意到一些房屋（如20号和21号布罗德街，8号和9号剑桥街）没有死亡。

由主句谓语noticed可知，时态为一般过去时，从句谓语动词have此动作发生在主句谓语动作之前，即“过去的过去”，用过去完成时had had；或从句讲的事情已发生，也用一般过去时，去掉have。

故将have改为had或去掉have。

【53题详解】
考查同位语从句引导词。

句意：尽管他曾试图忽它们，但他所有的数学计算都得出了同样的结论：地球不是太阳系的中心。

conclusion后接同位语从句（the earth was not the center of the solar system），从句结构完
整，不缺“是否”含义，用只起连接作用、无意义的that引导从句。

故将which改为that。

【54题详解】
考查助动词。

句意：只有把太阳放在那里，天空中其他行星的运动才有意义。

由句意可知，本句即可表过去发生的事，也可表现在发生的事，时态用一般过去时或一般现在时，还原句子为：Only if you put the sun there the movements of the other planets in the sky made/make sense，“only +状语”放句首，主谓部分倒装，即助动词/系动词/情态动词+主语+部分谓语，本句把助动词did/do放在主语the movements of the other planets in the sky前。

故在there后面加did/do。

【55题详解】
考查代词。

句意：我不得不不断提醒我自己，我真的是在公元3008年。

主语I和宾语I都是指“我”，宾语用反身代词myself。

故将I改为myself。

【56题详解】
考查固定搭配。

句意：第二天，萍玉要离开伦敦去温莎城堡。

固定搭配leave…for…（离开……去……）。

故将to改为for。

【57题详解】
考查宾语从句引导词。

句意：我意识到我已经被带到了我家乡的未来。

介词of后接宾语从句（was still my hometown），从句缺乏主语，用what引导。

故将where改what。

【58题详解】
考查主谓一致。

句意：你的皮肤有三层，可以作为抵抗疾病、毒物和太阳有害射线的屏障。

本句讲的是事实，用一般现在时，先行词three layers of the skin（复数）后接定语从句，先行词在从句中作主语，主谓一致，谓语复数形式，用act。

故将acts改为act。

【59题详解】
考查省略句。

句意：按压时皮肤会变白。

本句为状语从句的省略，还原为：when the skin is pressed, 主从句主语相同，且谓语动词为be动词，主语和be动词可以省略。

故将presses改为pressed。

【60题详解】
考查固定句型。

句意：毫无疑问，约翰的快速思维和他在学校学到的急救技能救了斯莱德女士的命。

固定句型There is no doubt that（毫无疑问……）。

故将It改为There
52.略。