2020届湖北省宜昌市第一中学高三英语第二次联考试题及参考答案

2020届湖北省宜昌市第一中学高三英语第二次联考试题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
There have been many great painters in the rich history of Chinese art. Here are four of the greatest painters from China.
Li Cheng (919—967, Five Dynasties and early Song Dynasty)
Li Cheng contributed greatly to one of the golden ages of landscape paintings in world history. During his time, he was considered the best landscape painter ever. He is remembered especially for the winter landscapes he created and for simple compositions of tall, old evergreens set against a dry landscape. Several of his paintings are in thin ink which gives them a foggy appearance.
Fan Kuan (990—1020 , Song Dynasty)
Fan Kuan began his career by modeling Li Cheng's work but later created his own style, claiming that the only true teacher was nature. His finest workTravelers among Mountains and Streamsis a masterpiece of landscape painting and many future artists turned to it for inspiration.
Qi Baishi (1864-1957)
One of the greatest contemporary Chinese painters, Qi Baishi is known for not being influenced by Western styles like most painters of his time. He can be considered as the last great traditional painter of China. He painted almost everything from insects to landscapes. He is regarded highly in Chinese art for the freshness that he brought to the familiar types of birds and flowers, insects and grass.
Wu Guanzhong (1919—2010)
Widely considered as the founder of modern Chinese painting , Wu Guanzhong has painted various aspects of China, like its architecture, plants, animals, people and landscapes. Wu went on to combine Western and Chinese styles to create a unique form of modem art. In 1992, he became the first living Chinese artist whose work was exhibited at the British Museum.
1.What do we know about Li Cheng?
A.He loved landscape paintings.
B.He copied many artists' work.
C.His work gained worldwide recognition.
D.He was considered as Fan Kuan's teacher.
2.What is the main feature of Qi Baishi's paintings?
A.They have foggy appearances.
B.They lack diversity in the theme.
C.They come under Western influence.
D.They show advanced traditional painting skills.
3.What did the four Chinese painters have in common?
A.They were all modern painters.
B.They all created landscape paintings.
C.They were all impacted by Western art.
D.They were all pioneers intraditional art history.
B
“We are running out of space and the only places to go to are other worlds... Spreading out may be the only thing that saves us from ourselves. I am convinced that humans need to leave Earth.” These are the words of the famous scientist Stephen Hawking, spoken at a science festival inNorwayin 2017, a year before his death.
Hawking was not alone in this view. Many experts feel that the only way for humanity to last far into the future is to colonize other planets. That way, if an asteroid, a terrible disease, nuclear war, or some other disaster strikes Earth, civilization as we know it would still have a chance. Mars is one of the most tempting destinations. NASA, theUnited Arab Emirates, the private company SpaceX, and the organization Mars One all have plans to send humans there. “Either we spread Earth to other planets, or we risk going extinct, SpaceX founder Elon Musk said at a conference in 2013.
But not everyone agrees that colonizing Mars or any other planet is such a great plan. The most common argument against going is that it’s just too expensive or dangerous. It will take huge amounts of money and other resources just to get people there, let alone set up a place for them to live. It’s not even clear if humans could survive on Mars. One of the biggest dangers there is deadly radiation that bombards the planet.
Maybe all the time and money people would pour into a Mars mission would be better spent on more urgent projects here on Earth, like dealing with poverty or climate change. Some experts argue that handling a problem like an asteroid strike or disease outbreak while staying here on Earth would be much easier and less expensive than surviving on a new planet.
In addition, moving to a new planet could harm or destroy anything that already lives there. Mars seems
uninhabited, but it could possibly host microbial life. Human visitors may destroy this life or permanently change or damage the Martian environment. Some feel that’s too much of a risk to take.
What do you think? Should humans colonize outer space or stay home?
4. What can be inferred from the passage?
A. Many experts insist that humans should take the risk.
B. Mars is the most attractive destinations for human beings.
C. Hawking firmly believes the only way to save humans is moving to Mars.
D. All the other experts don’t agree with Hawking’s idea.
5. Why do some experts disagree with the plan to colonize Mars?
A. It will cost much more money to settle on Mars than on Earth.
B. It is too long a distance from the Earth to the Mars.
C. Human visitors will bring diseases to Martian environment.
D. The deadly radiation that bombards the planet is the biggest danger.
6. What’s the writing purpose of the passage?
A. To raise people’s awareness of protecting the environment.
B. To present different opinions on whether to move to the Mars.
C. To arouse readers’ reflection on whether to colonize outer space.
D. To inspire people to deal with the environmental problems.
7. In which section of a magazine is the passage most likely from?
A. Fiction.
B. Current affairs.
C. Social Studies.
D. Science.
C
The history of the flying car is almost as old as that of powered flight itself. It started with the Curtiss Autoplane of 1917, an awkward-looking machine with removable wings. It never left the ground. Later machines made it into the skies but failed to take off commercially. Money is now pouring into flying taxis. On March 30th Lilium, a German company that develops them, announced a merger with SPAC, an acquisition company that values it at $3. 3 bn -- a sign that investors think the business will fly.
Thanks to better batteries and lightweight materials, some of them are ready to carry passengers. Up to 300 firms are working on short-range battery-powered craft that take off and land vertically. Carmakers, tech companies and others are investing money into the field. The government isoffering a glide pathto certification.America's Federal Aviation Administration is engaged in the process with around 30 firms, says
Natasha Santha of LEK, a consulting company.
Midway between a cab and a helicopter, flying taxis have distinct advantages over both. Quiet electric motors allow them to operate frequent services. They require only a patch of concrete to land, unlike noisy helicopters, which face severe operating restrictions in most cities. They can fly four or five times faster than a cab can drive and do not get stuck in traffic. Prices can be kept low by ride-sharing. Joby, based inCalifornia, says its five-seater machine will enter commercial service in 2024. The firm calculates the initial cost of around $4 per person per mile may soon fall by 25%. A trip fromManhattanto JFK airport would then cost $30-40 per passenger.
The real revolution will come when full autonomy takes out the cost of a pilot. Archer hopes to run such aircraft by 2028. They face fewer obstacles in the air than earth-bound cars do on the road; airliners mostly fly on autopilot as it is. Still, as one industry insider puts it, it is probably best to accustom passengers and regulators to airborne taxis before getting rid of the driver.
8. What can we learn from Paragraph 1?
A. The flying car can date back to the 1920s.
B. Investors see the potential of the business of the flying car.
C. The flying car never left the ground successfully in history.
D. A German company has launched a new flying car into the market.
9. What does "offering a glide path" in Paragraph 2 probably refer to?
A. Giving the green light.
B. Providing timely assistance.
C. Presenting legal guidance.
D. Conducting strict management.
10. Which of the following is the strength of flying taxis?
A. Costing as little as cabs.
B. Saving passengers from the traffic jam.
C. Reducing air pollution.
D. Having no operating restrictions.
11. What can be inferred about the flying taxis from the last paragraph?
A. They will develop faster than cars.
B. Passengers will quickly get used to taking them.
C. The regulators will take measures to promote them.
D. Autopilot flying taxis will probably replace those with pilots.
D
Sam, I say to myself as I start across the bridge, you must stop these thoughts and start thinking about what to do now that you have lost your falcon, Frightful.
Life, my friend Ban do once said, is meeting problems and solving them whether you are an amoeba or a space traveller. I have a problem. I have to provide my younger sister Alice and myself with meat. Fish, nuts, and vegetables are good and necessary, but they don't provide enough fuel for the hard physical work we do. Although we have venison now, I can't always count on getting it. So far this year, our venison has been only road kill from in front of Mrs Strawberry's farm.
I decide to take the longest way home, down the flood plain of the West Branch of Delaware to Spillkill, my own name for a fast stream that cascades down the south face of the mountain range I'm on. I need time to think. Perhaps Alice and I should be like the early Eskimos. We should walk, camp and hunt, and when the seasons change, walk on to new food sources. But I love my tree and my mountaintop.
Another solution would be to become farmers, like the people of the Iroquois Confederacy who once lived here. They settled in villages and planted corm and squash, bush beans and berries. We already grow groundnuts in the damp soil and squash in the poor land. But the Iroquois also hunted game. I can't do that anymore.
I'm back where I started from.
Slowly I climb the Spillkill. As I hop from rock to rock beneath shady basswoods and hemlocks, I hear the cry of the red-tailed hawk who nests on the mountain crest. I am reminded of Frightful and my heart aches. I can almost hear her call my name, Cree, Cree, Cree, Car-ree.
Maybe I can get her back if I beg the man who is in charge of the peregrines at the university. “But it's the law,” he would say. I could write to the president of the United States and ask him to make an exception of Alice and me. That won't work. The president swore to uphold the Constitution and laws of the United States when he took office.
I climb on. I must stop thinking about the impossible and solve the problem of what to do now. I must find a new way to provide for us. Frightful is going to be in good hands at the university, and she will have young.
I smile at the thought of little Frightfuls and lift my reluctant feet.
When I am far above the river, I take off my clothes and moccasins and bathe in a deep, clear pool until I am refreshed and thinking more clearly. Climbing up the bank, I dress and sit down. I breathe deeply of the mountain air and try to solve my problem more realistically.
12. What does this excerpt main describe?
A. Delicate mental activities.
B. Unique story environment.
C. Everchanging story events.
D. Complicated character relationship.
13. What is Sam's first worry?
A. How to get back quickly
B. How to get enough venison.
C. How to ensure the safety of Frightful.
D. How to provide meat for Alice and himself.
14. What do we know about Frightful?
A. He left Sam and Alice due to lack of food.
B. He helped Sam hunt before being taken away.
C. He is living with the red-tailed hawk happily.
D. He has given birth to babies in the university.
15. Which of the following can best describe Sam?
A. Humorous.
B. Aggressive.
C. Responsible.
D. Unrealistic.
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Your child comes home from school or daycare witha note alerting you to a case of hand, foot and mouth disease.___16___But you are immediately flooded by the sea of medical information on the Internet. The problem for most of us is distinguishing trusted sources of information from misleading or altogether "fake" health news. A few tips can help you simplify your search and find information that you can trust.
Consider the source.A website's domain name can tell you a lot about its believability. Nonprofit, nongovernmental research, education and health professional organizations are generally excellent resources that tend to have “.org” endings.___17___Collegesand universities also can be excellent sources and you can identify their websites by looking for “.edu” at the end.
Dig deep.A well-designed website can mask faulty information. Before you dive into the material, read the site's “About Us” tab or an equal to learn about the organization behind the digital door. Be careful.___18___ Look for red flags.If you open a website and find it difficult to see anything except the explosion of advertisements, it's time to hit the "back" button. Lots of ads are a sure sign of the bad resource.
___19___Comb articles that you can find online for easy-to-miss information that is important threads to reliability. Is the author a medical professional? When did he or she write the essay? Was the piece reviewed by such an individual, and how recently?
___20___What would be more important for them is to have peace of mind in knowing the information they gather is trustworthy.
A. Find out the small details.
B. Trust the Internet sources.
C. These sites may have a hidden purpose.
D. You grab your phone rapidly and type in a few keywords.
E. It is important for parents to know well about their children's health.
F. It's important for physicians to provide helpful and accurate information.
G. The sites with “. gov” means you are visiting aUnited Statesgovernment site.
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
A girl complained to her father about her life and how things were so hard for her.
Without a___21___, the father tookhis daughter to the kitchen. He filled three pots with___22___and placed each on a high___23___. In one he placed carrots, in the second eggs, and in the last coffee beans. The daughter sucked her teeth and waited___24___, wondering what he was doing. In about twenty minutes the father turned off the heat. He___25___the carrots and eggs out and placed them in two plates. Then he poured the coffee into a cup.
He asked___26___, “Darling, what do you see?”
“Carrots, eggs, and coffee.” she replied.
He asked her to___27___the carrots. She did and said they were___28___. Then he asked her to take an egg and___29___it. After pulling off the shell, she___30___the hard-boiled egg. Finally, he asked her to drink the coffee. She___31___, as she tasted its rich aroma (芳香).
“What does it___32___, Father?” She asked.
He explained that each of them had___33___the same adversity (困境), boiling water, but each reacted___34___. The carrot went in strong and hard but it turned soft and___35___. The egg had been fragile, but after sitting through the boiling water its___36___became hardened. The coffee beans were___37___, however, after they were in the boiling water, they had___38___the water.
“Which are you?” Father asked his daughter. She was then wordless as if___39___in thought.
When adversity knocks on your door, how do you___40___? Are you a carrot, an egg or a coffee bean?
21. ment B.joy C.result D.word
22. k B.water C.sand D.oil
23. A.place B.roof C.fire D.stove
24. A.angrily B.impatiently C.quietly D.nervously
25. A.fished B.handed C.picked D.pulled
26. A.coldly B.eagerly C.gently D.slowly
27. A.feel B.eat C.get D.wash
28. A.red B.hot C.soft D.fresh
29. A.draw B.see C.try D.break
30. A.cut B.observed C.touched D.hold
31. A.agreed B.hesitated C.smiled D.cried
32. A.become B.mean C.have D.want
33. A.escaped B.found C.realized D.faced
34. A.differently B.quickly C.immediately D.positively
35. A.small B.bad C.weak d
36. A.heart B.inside C.content D.surface
37. A.black B.tasty C.solid D.unique
38. A.mixed B.dyed C.change D.ruined
39. A.absorbed B.trapped C.got D.pushed
40. A.do B.respond C.explain D.behave
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
Tiangong’s____41.____(construct) is a significant step inChina’s ambitious space programme.Chinahas____42.____(previous) landed a rover on Mars and sent probes to the moon. Last month, three astronauts____43.____(blast) off to become the first crew of the station, where they will remain for three months inChina’s longest crewed mission to date. Their tasks included____44.____(raise) a camera outside the Tianhe core module(核心舱) and testing the station’s robotic arm,____45.____will be used to transfer future modules around the station, state media said. This was the first of two spacewalks____46.____(plan) for the mission. It was the first time since 2008 that Chinese astronauts have gone outside their spacecraft. The Chinese space agency is planning a total of 11____47.____(launch) through to the end of next year, including three more crewed missions. The mission has attracted____48.____series of discussion online. One user wrote: “ How much I’m moved by each step of achievement is____49.____words.” Tiangong is expected_____50._____(have) a lifespan of at least 10 years, andChinahas said it would be open to international collaboration on the station.
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（\）画掉。

修改：在错的词下画一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

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。

It is well known that good habits do us good all our life. Entered high school, I took delight in having fast food and often eat too much. In the end, I was so serious overweight that I suffered a lot from my awkward appearance. It made matters worse was the fact that my classmates made a fun of me at times. From now on, I made up my mind to avoiding snacks. In the meanwhile, I took off jogging to lose weight. To my surprise, it was not long until I did succeed in changing my appearance. Only then I realize the importance of developing a good habit.
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
52.你校三个月前发起了“我有一个好习惯”的活动。

请你为校英文报写一篇报道，内容包括：
1.活动简介；
2.你的好习惯；
3.你的体会。

注意：
1.写作词数为80左右；
2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

I Have A Good Habit
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________
参考答案
1. A
2. D
3. B
4. D
5. A
6. C
7. D
8. B 9. A 10. B 11. D
12. A 13. D 14. B 15. C
16. D 17. G 18. C 19. A 20. E
21. D 22. B 23. C 24. B 25. A 26. C 27. A 28. C 29. D 30. B 31. C 32.
B 33. D 34. A 35.
C 36. A 37.
D 38. C 39. A 40. B
41. construction
42. previously
43. blasted
44. raising
45. which 46. planned
47. launches
48. a 49. beyond
50. to have
51.(1).Entered→Entering
(2).eat→ate
(3).serious→seriously
(4).It→What
(5).made a fun 删除a
(6).now→then
(7).avoiding → avoid
(8).off→up
(9).until→before
(10).then后面加did
52.略。