2020届天津市武清区杨村第四中学高三英语第四次联考试题及答案

2020届天津市武清区杨村第四中学高三英语第四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
The history ofpop art begins with abstract art. Pop art emerged from the foundation of abstract art in the 1950s, first gaining recognition in Great Britain, then establishing itself in the United States in the 1960s.
In the 1930s and 1940s, abstract art was greatly popular, but people began to hate this art form. Most abstract art produced in this era could be found in art galleries or the homes of the elite(名流), not in the homes of everyday people. Pop art sprung onto the scene as the people's art.
Some art critics say pop art is a rebellion against abstract art; others say it is an extension of abstract art. You can see elements of abstract art in many pop art prints, especially those that consist of a collage（拼贴画）of images. However, some pop art pieces have nothing to do with abstract art, looking more like a photo of a popular consumer item, which impressed people deeply.
Richard Hamilton and Eduardo Paolozzi were two of the first contemporary pop art pioneers recognised in Great Britain. They were a part of the Independent Group, an organised group of British artists who wanted to challenge ruling modernist approaches to culture. They recognised the value of modern advertising and comic book images. They used these popular images in art as a social commentary, often building irony and humour into their artworks, thus creating a new form of art. These pieces were mass-produced and sold at affordable prices.
When pop art took off in the United States, it expanded to include a celebration of kitsch and the common images found in movies and television. Andy Wharhol is perhaps the most famous American pop art artist, known for his prints of the actress Marilyn Monroe, the singer Elvis Presley and of Campbell's soup cans. Andy Wharhol was inspired by images from advertisements and common consumer items. He also made a series of paintings which showed images of car accidents.
1. Why did people dislike abstract art?
A. People found it hard to understand.
B. Ordinary people couldn't afford it.
C. People disliked enjoying it in galleries.
D. It wasn't based on everyday life.
2. What impression do pop art works leave on people?
A. They are a rebellion against abstract art.
B. They have many elements of abstract art.
C. They are created so real.
D. They are products of advertisers.
3. The Independent Group was set up to ________.
A. introduce a new art form to the world
B. develop modern advertising further
C. create new comic book images
D. make British culture better known
B
Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (麻省理工学院) have turned spider webs into music——creating an strange soundtrack that could help them better understand how the spiders output their complex creations and even how they communicate.
The MIT team worked with Berlin-based artist Tomas Saraceno to take 2D (two-dimensional) laser (激光) scans of a spider web, which were linked together and made into a mathematical model that could recreate the web in 3Din VR (virtual reality). They also worked with MIT’s music department to create the virtual instrument.
“Even though the web looks really random (随机)，there actually are a lot of inside structures and you can visualize (可视化) them and you can look at them, but it’s really hard to grasp for the human imagination or human brain to understand all these structural details,” said MIT engineering professor Markus Buehler, who presented the work on Monday at a virtual meeting of the American Chemical Society.
Listening to the music while moving through the VR spider web lets you see and hear these structural changes and gives a better idea of how spiders see the world, he told CNN. “Spiders use vibrations (振动) as a way to locate themselves, to communicate with other spiders and so the idea of thinking really like a spider would experience the world was something that was very important to us as spider material scientists,” Buehler said.
Spiders are able to build their webs without shelves or supports, so having a better idea of how they work could lead to the development of advanced new 3D printing techniques. “The reason why I did that is I wanted to be able to get information really from the spider world, which is very weird and mysterious,” Buehler explained. In addition to the scientific value, Buehler said the webs are musically interesting and that you can hear the sounds the spider creates during construction. “It’s unusual and eerie and scary, but finally beautiful.” he described.
4. What have MIT scientists done according to the passage?
A. They have translated spider webs into sounds.
B. They have made a mathematical model to produce webs.
C. They have created a soundtrack to catch spiders.
D. They have known how spiders communicate.
5. What can we know about spider webs from paragraph 3?
A. Their structures are beautiful and clear.
B. Professor Markus Buehler knows them well.
C. The American Chemical Society presents the result.
D. They are complex for people to figure it out.
6. In which field will the study be helpful?
A. virtual reality
B. printing
C. painting
D. film-making
7. What is the main idea of the passage?
A. It tells us that the music created by spiders is scary.
B. It shows how the researchers carry out the experiment.
C. It presents a new and creative way to study spiders.
D. It explains why scientists did the experiment.
C
Even plant can run a fever，especially when they're under attack by insects or disease．But unlike human，plants can have their temperature taken from 3，000 feet away straight up．A decade ago，adopting the infrared （红外线）scanning technology developed for military purposes and other satellites，physicist Stephen Paley came up with a quick wayto take the temperature of crops to determine which ones are under stress．The goal was to let farmers precisely（精确的）target pesticide（杀虫剂）spraying rather than rain poison on a whole field，which always includes plants that don't have pest problems．
Evenbetter，Paley's Remote Scanning Services Company could detect crop problems before they became visible to the eye．Fixed on a plane flown at 3，000 feet at night，an infrared scanner measured the heat sent out by crops．The data were transformed into a color﹣coded map showing where plants were running "fevers"．Farmers could then spot﹣spray，using 50 to 70 percent less pesticide that they otherwise would．The bad news is that Paley's company closed down in 1984，after only three years．Farmers resisted thenew technology and long﹣term supporters were hard to find．But with the renewed concern about pesticides on produce and refinements（改进）in infrared scanning，Paley hopes to get back into operation．Agriculture experts have no doubt that the technology works．"This technique can be used on 75 percent of agricultural land in the United States，" says George Oerther of Texas A& M，who recently retired from the Department of Agriculture，thinks remote infrared crop scanning could be adopted by the end of the decade．But only if Paley finds the financial support which he failed to obtain 10years ago．
8. Plants will give out an increased amount of heat when they are ．
A. facing an infrared scanner
B. sprayed with pesticides
C. exposed to extreme sun rays
D. inpoor physical condition
9. In order to apply pesticide spraying precisely，we can use infrared scanning to ．
A draw a color1﹣coded map
B evaluate the damage to the crops
C. locate the problem area
D. measure the size of the affected area
10. The application of infrared scanning technology to agriculture met with some difficulties of ．
A. the lack of official support
B. its high cost
C. the lack of financial support
D. its failure to help increase production
11. Infrared scanning technology may be brought back into operation because of ．
A. full support from agricultural experts
B. the forceful promotion by the Department of Agriculture
C. the desire of farmers to improve the quality of their produce
D. growing concern about the over use of pesticides on crops
D
Have you ever been sad because of failure? Please remember, for quite often achieving what you set out to do is not the most important thing.
A boy decided to dig a deep hole behind his house. As he was working, a couple of older boys stopped by to watch. “What are you doing?” asked one of the visitors. “I want to dig a hole all the way through the earth!” the boy answered excitedly. The older boys began to laugh, telling him that digging a hole all the way through the earth was impossible. After a while, the boy picked up a jar. He showed it to the visitors. It was full of all kinds of stones and insects. Then he said calmly and confidently, “Maybe I can’t finish digging all the way through the earth, but look at what I’ve found during this period!”
Theboy’s goal was far too difficult, but it did cause him to go on. And that is what a goal is for－to cause us to move in the direction we have chosen, in other words, to cause us to keep working!
Not every goal will be fully achieved. Not every job will endup with a success. Not every dream will come true. But when you fall short of your aim, maybe you can say, “Yes, but look at what I’ve found along the way! There are so many wonderful things having come into my life because I tried to do something!” It is in the digging that life is lived. It is the unexpected joy on the journey that really makes sense.
12. The older boys laughed at the boy because he was thought to be______.
A. brave
B. impolite
C. foolish
D. warm-hearted
13. Why did the boy show the jar to the older boys?
A. To drive them away.
B. To show what he had found in digging.
C. To show how beautiful the jar was.
D. To attract them to join him in the work.
14. What can be learnt from the fourth paragraph of the text?
A. No dream can come true.
B. All work will end successfully.
C. Goals shouldn’t be set too high.
D. Goals will make us work harder.
15. The best title for the text should be______.
A. A Boy Dug a Hole
B. Joy in the Journey
C. No Pain, No Gains
D. Failure Is the Mother of Success
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It is generally believed that tourism is very important for any country.____16____, tourism can finally lead to a series of problems.
Forests are cut down to make way for tourism
Rapid growth of tourism in an area always creates a huge need for more buildings. Forests are cut down to
make space for parking lots and theme parks or hotels.____17____, air pollution will become a serious problem in those areas.
Tourism causes noise pollution
Places that attract big crowds of tourists every year produce loud noise either from the cars or loud music played by visitors.____18____. It puts people at risk of developing high blood pressure and heart problems. In some animals, loud noise makes their hearts heat faster and hurts their ability to survive(生存).
Tourism causes light pollution
____19____. Natural light is very important for some animals,especially for baby sea turtles. They are known to stayunder the sand until temperatures get cooler, so they cone out at night. They then move towards the brightest area which is the ocean. But many baby turtles die when they move towards brightly lit places around beaches and get lost.
Tourists are leaving behind mountains of trash
Seeing plastic cups and glass bottles around sea shores by the beaches isn't something new. It has become a common sight, especially in those places most frequently visited by tourists.____20____. Many fish and other animals in the seas have been killed by them.
A. But without good plans
B. Blinding light hurts humans' health
C. Without enough trees to clean the air
D. Visitors are leaving trash in the mountains, too
E. Much of the plastic trash ends up inside sea animals
F. Light pollution is another serious problem from tourism
G. Such loud sound is very bad for both humans and animals
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 I was a teenager, my dad did everything he could to advise me against becoming a brewer (造酒人). He′d___21___his life brewing beer for local breweries only to make a living,___22___had his father and grandfather before him. He didn′t want me___23___near a vat (酿酒用的桶) of beer. So I did as he asked. I got good___24___, went to Harvard and in 1971 was accepted into a graduate program there that___25___me to study law and business at the same time.
In my second year of graduate school, I began to be ___26___that I′d never done anything but go to school.
So, at 24 I decided to drop out.___27___, my parents didn′t think this was a great idea. But I felt strongly that you can′t ___28___till you′re 65 to do what you want in life. I packed my stuff into a bus and headed for Colorado to become an instructor at Outward Bound. Three years later, I was ready to go back to___29___. I finished Havard and got a high-paid job at the Boston Consulting Group. Still, after working there five years, I___30___, “Is this what I want to be doing when I′m 50?” At that time, Americans spent good money on beer in___31___quality. Why not make good beer for___32___? I thought.
I decided to give up my job to become___33___. When I told Dad he was___34___, but inthe end he___35___me. I called my beer Samuel Adams___36___the brewer and patriot who helped to start the Boston Tea Party.___37___I sold the beer direct to beer drinkers to get the___38___out. Six weeks later, at the Great American Beer Festival, Sam Adams Boston Lager (淡啤酒) won the top prize for American beer. In the end I was destined (注定) to be a brewer. My___39___to the young is simple. Life is very___40___, so don′t rush to make decisions. Life doesn′t let you plan.
21. A.wasted B.spent C.prevented D.sent
22.A.seldom B.never C.so D.nor
23. A.anywhere B.anyway C.anyhow D.somehow
24. A.habits B.teachers C.grades D.work
25. A.promised B.convinced C.advised D.allowed
26. A.aware B.content C.amazed D.desperate
27. A.Fortunately B.Obviously C.Possibly D.Surprisingly
28. A.assure B.decline C.deny D.wait
29. A.school B.Colorado C.my home D.my decision
30. A.thrilled B.stressed C.wondered D.sneezed
31. A.cheap B.expensive C.low D.high
32. A.Englishmen B.Europeans C.the world D.Americans
33. A.a lawyer B.a brewer C.an instructor D.an engineer
34. A.astonished B.satisfied C.interested D.anxious
35. A.hated B.supported C.raised D.left
36. A.for B.at C.in D.after
37. A.Therefore B.Otherwise C.Also D.Yet
38. A.price pany D.party
39. A.advice B.lift C.job D.experience
40. A.hard B.busy C.short D.long
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
A shop sells games and gadgets（小玩意）to members of the older population with a sense of fun, Yang Yang reports.
Being of an old age, when bus passengers may give up their seats for you, does have____41.____(it) benefits. But one thing not____42.____(normal) associated with the loss or graying of hair is toys. That is changing. Despite the fact____43.____China now has about 254 million people aged 60 or above, it is not until recently that arguably the first toy shop____44.____(target) at this population group was opened.
The shop, located at a corner in Beijing's Tongzhou District,____45.____( name) Lao You Suo Wan Toy Shop for Elders.
As usual, the____46.____( found) , 42-year-old Song Delong, opens the door of the 180-square-me-ter shop at 9 a. m. on a Friday.____47.____( enter) the door, one will see two rows of green plants on the right hand. Caged birds sing at the back of the shop.
Following the idea to build____48.____typical traditional Chinese study, Song furnishes the space with traditional Chinese-style wooden____49.____( shelf) , on which he displays more than 400 kinds of toys that are divided____50.____four major categories ——classic, nostalgic (怀旧的)，educational, and exercising, in addition to 16 other categories such as digital and novel ones, says Song.
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（＼）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。

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。

Two weeks after the summer vacation, I had been thinking about how to do since I didn’t have to go to school for couple of months. During the holiday, I finished my homeworks quite early. Then we thought it would be a good idea to find a job to do for the rest of the bored holiday. I clearly remembered it was the first time that I have
had a job. I spent a month in an office, mainly keyed information into the company’s database. Every day I just did the same thing, but I try my best to love the work and continue. Although I found the job not interesting and I didn’t earn much, but I still learned a lot from it.
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
52.你校正在组织英语作文比赛，请以A role model to learn from为题，写一篇短文参赛。

1.榜样的优秀品质；
2.获得的启示。

注意：1.词数100左右；
2.题目已为你写好。

A role model to learn from
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参考答案
1. B
2. C
3. A
4. D
5. A
6. C
7. C
8. D 9. C 10. C 11. D
12. C 13. B 14. D 15. A
16. A 17. C 18. G 19. F 20. E
21. B 22. C 23. A 24. C 25. D 26. A 27. B 28. D 29. A 30. C 31. C 32.
D 33. B 34. A 35. B 36. D 37. C 38. B 39. A 40. D
41. its
42. normally
43. that 44. targeted
45. is named
46. founder
47. Entering
48. a 49. shelves
50. into
51.(1).after→before
(2).how→what
(3).在couple前面加a
(4).homeworks→homework
(5).we→I
(6).bored→boring
(7).have→had
(8).keyed→keying
(9).try→tried
(10).将but去掉
52.略。