2020年杭州市西湖高级中学高三英语第四次联考试卷及答案

2020年杭州市西湖高级中学高三英语第四次联考试卷及答案
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
Films to watch in March
Greta
A lonely young waitress finds a handbag on aNew Yorksubway train. Luckily, the address is inside, so she returns it to the piano teacher who left it there. She then discovers that the piano teacher makes a habit of dropping bags around the city on purpose to make new friends. Directed by Neil Jordan, the actors are attractive. Grace Moretz is the waitress and Isabelle Huppert is the one who admires her. Thanks to them, Greta winds up being far more enjoyable than it has any right to be.
The Aftermath
The Aftermath is one of the few World WarⅡ-related films. Based on Rhidian Brook’s novel,this touching romantic movie is starred by Keira Knightley, who is the wife of a British officer. She hates the Germans because her son was killed in an air raid. But is there a chance that a tall, dark andhandsome man might persuade her to overcome her hate?
Captain Marvel
It took Marvel Studios a decade to finally make a female superhero. It’s also the first Marvel film to be directed by a woman, who has directed Half Nelson and Missisippi Grind. Captain Marvel is set in the 1990s. The Oscar-winning Brie Larson stars as Carol Danvers, a US Air Force fighter pilot, while Samuel L Jackson, as usual, plays Nick Fury.
Dumbo
Dumbo is a classic Disney cartoon, who has big ears and there have been plenty of those kind of movies in recent years.Burtonalways has inspirations to direct such kind of movies from Edward Scissorhands to Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children. Magical figures have always been his favorite characters.
1. What makes Captain Marvel special?
A. Winning Oscar.
B. Its female director.
C. Time setting.
D. A woman pilot.
2. Which film is better for a 7-year-old kid to watch?
A. The Aftermath
B. Captain Marvel
C. Grete
D. Dumbo
3. Where can you most probably read the text?
A. Reader’s Digest
B. Nature
C. Scientific American
D. National Geographic
B
Have you ever imagined that your simple T-shirt could cool you down by up to5Ⅱon these hot summer days? Thanks to a recent discovery, the possibility is getting closer. While there are many alternatives that manage to keep the body warm, this amazing invention aims to offer real relief for those who are eager to feel comfortable and fresh in the outdoors on extremely hot days.
Its inventors, engineers Ma Yaoguang of Zhejiang University and Tao Guangming of Huazhong University of Science and Technology in China, look a completely innovative approach. They designed a special textile dial can absorb body heat and re-emit its energy into space as mid-infrared radiation (MIR). This textile cools both the objects and their surroundings through a technique that is known as radiative cooling, Science reveals. This means that even when it looks like you are wearing a regular shirt, you are actually wearing a device that works like a mirror.
Research conducted at Stanford University in 2017 had already managed to cool the wearer by 3Ⅱ, but this previous trial was limited. So researchers still need to test the new approach to determine how effectively the new fabric cools while the wearers are standing or walking, and not directly facing the sky, like in their trials. They also need to examine and measure how well it works when T-shirts are not in close contact with the skin.
Inventors Yaoguang and Guangming are now looking out for textile manufacturers and clothing brands that are interested in using their fabric. They estimate that the new material will increase clothing manufacturing costs by just 10 percent. “We can make it with mass production which means everybody can get a T-shirt and the cost is basically the same as theirs,” old Yaoguang said.
So if you are an athlete or simply someone that has to deal with the extremely high temperatures, be patient because your days of feeling hot and bothered may be corning to an end!
4. What is the purpose of the new invention?
A. To warm up people's body.
B. To cool people off in hot weather.
C. To detect the wearers' temperature.
D. To protect clothes from becoming wet.
5. How does the special product work?
A. By turning sunlight into energy.
B. By sending out absorbed heat.
C. By keeping heat out completely.
D. By using light color1 s to reflect sunlight.
6. What is the main idea of paragraph 3?
A. The invention needs further testing.
B. The previous studies lack evidence.
C. The new fabric has a good cooling effect.
D. The new fabric applies to various situations.
7. The invention of the T-shirt may hean example of ________.
A. barking up the wrong tree
B. robbing Peter to pay Paul
C. killing two birds with one stone
D. pulling the cart before the horse
C
While the arts can' t stop the COVID-19 virus or the social unrest we see in the world today, they can give us insight into the choices we make when moving through crises and chaos. The arts invite everyone to think in new ways.
We often experience works of art as something that's pleasing to our senses without a full understanding of the creative effort. Great art often shows us contradictions and crises, and we can learn a great deal from their resolutions(解决). Through our understanding of art, we can gain a deeper understanding of how we might overcome our own challenges. In understanding extremes of contrast, we can see the beauty in art with themes that are not simply pleasing for their magnificent features or qualities.
Beethoven offers a wonderful example of moving artfully through crises and chaos. He composed his Symphony No. 9 as his hearing loss became more and more pronounced. The opening of the symphony seems to come out of nowhere, from near silence in the opening to a full expression of what many consider to be the joy of freedom and universal brotherhood with Schiller’s Ode to joy（欢乐颂). Beethoven appears to have created a work of art that not only freed him from his personal struggles, but one that also speaks to the joy of living together in peace and harmony.
Have a dialogue between the two opposing parts and you will find that they always start out fighting each other until we come to an appreciation of difference—a oneness of the two opposingforces.The arts offer many lessons that can help us gain the knowledge we need to move more confidently in today’ s competitive and uncertain environment. An openness to arts-based solutions will give you more control over your future.
8. What value does art have beyond pleasing people's senses?
A. It brings people inner peace.
B. It contributes to problem-solving.
C. It reduces the possibility of crises.
D. It deepens understanding of music.
9. What can we learn about Beethoven's Symphony No. 9?
A. It celebrates freedom and unity.
B. It aims to show crises and chaos.
C. It opens with Schiller's Ode to Joy.
D. It is unfinished due to his hearing loss.
10. What is the author's suggestion on dealing with conflicting forces?
A. Leaving things as they are.
B. Making a choice between them.
C. Separating them from each other.
D. Engaging them in a conversation.
11. Which of the following can be the best title for the text?
A. How COVID-19 changes art
B. Essentials of Symphony No. 9
C. Moving artfully through crises
D. Joy in the eyes of Beethoven
D
A city inSouth Korea, which has the world’s largest number of people using smartphones, has placed flashing lights and laser beams at a road crossing to warn “smartphone zombies” to look up and drivers to slow down, in the hope of preventing accidents.
The designers of the system were motivated by growing worry that more pedestrians glued to their phones will become victims in a country that already has some of the highest road death and injury rates among developed countries. State-run Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology (KICT) believes its system of flashing lights at zebra crossings can warn both pedestrians and drivers.
In addition to red, yellow and blue LED lights on the pavement, “smombies” - smartphone zombies - will be warned by laser beam projected from power poles and a warning sent to the phones by an app that they are about to step into traffic.
“Increasing number of smombie accidents have occurred in pedestrian crossings, so these zombie lights are essential to prevent these pedestrian accidents,” said KICT senior researcher Kim Jong-hoon. Drivers are warned by the flashing lights, which have shown to be effective 83.4 percent of the time in the institute’s tests involving
about 1,000 vehicles.
In 2017, more than 1,600 pedestrians were killed in auto related accidents, which is about 40 percent of total traffic deaths, according to data from the Traffic Accident Analysis System. For now, the smombie warning system is placed only in Ilsan, a suburban city about30 kmnorthwest of the capital,Seoul, but is expected to go nationwide, according to the institute.
Kim Dan-hee, a 23-year-old resident of Ilsan, welcomed the system, saying she was often too absorbed in her phone to remember to look at traffic. “This flashing light makes me feel safe as it makes me look around again, and I hope that we can have more of these in town,” she said.
12. What do the underlined words “smartphone zombies” in paragraph 1 refer to?
A. Drivers driving after drunk.
B. Pedestrians buried in their phones.
C. Passengers crazy about phones.
D. Policemen in charge of traffic.
13. What do we know about the warning system?
A. It has reduced death rate by 83.4%.
B. It has been spread nationwide.
C. It gives a warning to the smartphones.
D. It is being tried out in many places.
14. What was the residents’ attitude to the traffic system?
A. Negative.
B. Unconcerned.
C. Disapproving.
D. Favorable.
15. What is the best title for the text?
A.South KoreaWarns Smartphone Zombies of Traffic
B. Flashing Lights Are Used to Prevent Accidents
C. Smartphone Zombies Are Causing Traffic Accidents
D.South KoreaUses a New Traffic System
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Some may think that having feelings of uncertainty as an entrepreneur(企业家) is a given. Speaking from experience, I can say for certain that there will always be ups and downs with any job. Without a solid team or a strong support system, it’sunderstandable that this can lead to a pretty overwhelming state of mind. 16 . Here are some tips for kicking those feelings of doubt.
16. Speak to someone
Find someone you can share your fears, insecurities, and emotions with. Having someone to bounce your
thoughts and ideas off is vital to help reduce the stress.
17. 17
Having a strong team is a key to creating a healthy environment. If you’re feeling uncertain about the future of your company, look to your team to see how they’re impacting it. Can there be any improvements to help ease some of the pressures and allow you to focus on more important ones?
18. Let go
Not having control of a situation can be stressful. 18 . Learn to trust your fellows. Embrace the unknown, and consider it a win when you experience it.
19. Focus on what matters
Take things one step at a time. 19 . Ask yourself how that can be achieved. With pen to paper, write it down. By writing out what is stressing you out, you’re putting a name to the issue, which can help you to address the problem.
20. Know that you got this
It may feel like your world is crashing down on you. 20 . By looking at the bigger picture, you can put into consideration what is most important for you to achieve.
A. Organize a new team
B. Improve your team
C. Figure out the most important thing to put your energy towards right now
D. Consider whether more can be done to help better the flow and workload
E. However, just remind yourself that this is just another barrier on your journey to success
F. However, ridding the need to always be in the driver’s seat is a key to developing your business
G. Creating healthier habits for handling these feelings can be one of the most beneficial things you can do
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
I spent many years doing things seemingly “important” to me. I was told that college is great and that all that___21___in life is to get a good job, a partner... These___22___, just like for many of you, were so___23___fixed in my mind from childhood.
During one of my summer holidays, I finally realized my___24___. I already studied for a couple of years, and I spent almost no time___25___what I would actually want. I studied throughout weekdays and did things___26___me nowhere at weekends.
The last year of my studies was___27___. Something was bound to change in difficulty. I had already begun ___28___going to the gym to make the___29___that I was after. Doing physical exercise, I can not only___30___my body, get rid of stress, but most importantly, I can___31___my willpower. By having decided to go to the gym 3 times a week, I was already making___32___changes in life.
Taking care of my body also___33___me to look after what I was___34___. I no longer ate fatty and sugary food. To my___35___, I wasn’t leading a bad lifestyle anymore. So I was becoming___36___. The best part about it was that I didn’t even have to try hard, so I enjoyed the___37___! It might be a paradox(矛盾) to some, but I feel more___38___by doing intense(剧烈的) exercise.___39___, exercise keeps me cheerful and I realizeone’s___40___begins, with physical health.
21. A. succeeds B. appears C. counts D. functions
22. A. thoughts B. comments C. introductions D. decisions
23. A. quickly B. quietly C. easily D. heavily
24. A. unconcern B. passivity C. doubt D. uncertainty
25. A. giving away B. looking at C. worrying about D. putting up
26. A. throwing B. catching C. taking D. pulling
27. A. meaningful B. light C. ordinary D. tough
28. A. suddenly B. occasionally C. actively D. practically
29. A. transformation B. connection C. explanation D. determination
30. A. operate B. strengthen C. adjust D. support
31. A. consider B. realize C. share D. improve
32. A. significant B. sensitive C. common D. natural
33. A. persuaded B. forced C. motivated D. intended
34. A. seeking B. consuming C. experiencing D. approaching
35. A. annoyance B. disappointment C. confusion D. amazement
36. A. healthy B. independent C. competent D. mature
37. A. result B. benefit C. process D. freedom
38. A. energized B. excited C. satisfied D. stressed
39. A. By chance B. In addition C. By contrast D. In short
40. A. career B. dream C. possession D. happiness
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
Betty Ford was born in 1918 in Chicago. Her family moved to Michigan___41.___she was young. Betty did everything___42.___(careful)and enjoyed music best. After high school, she went to school____43.____(learn)more about dancing. Later on, she met a famous____44.____(dance), Martha Graham. She joined Graham's troupe(表演团)in New York. After five years, Betty moved back to Machigan____45.____started a dancing group there. She taught dancing to children with disabilities. Betty met Gerald Ford in 1947. They got____46.____(marry)the next year. Gerald chose to work for Congress(国会)after____47.____(wed). Betty took care___48.___their children. A short time___49.___(late), Nixon gave up his position of the president. As a result, Gerald Ford____50.____(elect)president and Betty became the First Lady.
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(Ⅱ)，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：在错的词下画一横线，并在该词下而写出修改后的词。

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。

The US has fell to the 28th place in the latest report measuring social progress worldwide. The report looks 50 well-being factors, such as access to health care, safe and the environment. It is common acknowledged that the nation ranks the first for its advanced education and quality universities. Therefore, its access to quality basic education only reached No. 91. And although America leads in medical technology, citizens access to quality health care is ranked No. 97. “The data paints an alarmed picture of the state of our nation—we are no longer which we used to be.” said Michael Porter, a Harvard professor.
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
52.假设你是李津，你们学校英语俱乐部将举行一次以“弘扬中国优秀传统文化”为主题的英语演讲比赛。

请根据以下提示完成一篇演讲发言稿
①弘扬中国传统文化的原因（如历史悠久、中外驰名、意义重大等）
②介绍你喜欢的中国传统文化并说明理由（从节日、风俗、文学、艺术、民族道德中选择其一）。

③表达你的希望。

注意：1.词数不少于100，开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。

2.必须包含提示内容；
3.可适当加入细节，以使内容充实、行文连贯。

Good morning. Today I’d like to talk about the topic of carrying forward Chinese traditional culture.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________ Thank you.
参考答案
1. B
2. D
3. A
4. B
5. B
6. A
7. C
8. A 9. D 10. B 11. C
12. B 13. C 14. D 15. A
G B F C E
[语篇解读]
21. C 22. A 23. D 24. B 25. B 26. C 27. D 28. C 29. A 30. B 31. D 32.
A 33. C 34.
B 35. D 36. A 37.
C 38. A 39. B 40. D
41. when
42. carefully
43. to learn
44. dancer 45. and
46. married
47. wedding
48. of 49. later
50. was elected
51.(1).fell→fallen
(2).looks后添加at
(3).safe→safety
(4).common→commonly
(5).去掉first前the
(6).Therefore→However
(7).reached→reaches
(8).citizens→citizens’
(9).alarmed→alarming
(10).which→what
52.略。