2020届景德镇昌江一中高三英语月考试题及参考答案

2020届景德镇昌江一中高三英语月考试题及参考答案
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
Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Brief Introduction
The Brooklyn Botanic Garden (BBG) was acquired by the city of Brooklyn in 1854 along with the land that is Prospect Park.
There are so many gardens on display at the BBG that is honestly hard to keep count ofthem. There’s the Japanese Hill and Pond Garden, the Osborne Garden, the Shakespeare Garden... you get the point. Each garden that is displayed will be showing off a different group of amazing plants that come m all sorts of color1 s and sizes. The Brooklyn Botanic Garden offers something for the entire family. They even have a Children’s Garden for the little ones.
Attractions
Japanese Hill and Pond Garden
One of the most frequency visited gardens at BBG, the Japanese Hill and Pond Garden is certainly a favorite among visitors. This garden features a variety of styles as well as beautiful scenery with a viewing pavilion (亭子) and a waterfall. The Shogun Lantern featured in the Japanese Hill and Pond Garden is over 500 years old. It was given to the Brooklyn Botanic Garden as a gift from the city of Tokyo.
Children’s Garden
Children have been planting plants at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden since 1914 and continue their efforts today. Currently, there are over a thousand children contributing to the Children’s Garden.
Shakespeare Garden
For those who have fallen in love with the works of Shakespeare, this will be a garden that they can truly appreciate. Over 80 plants that have been mentioned in the writing of Shakespeare currently grow in the Shakespeare Garden.
Getting to Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Brooklyn Botanic Garden: 900 Washington Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11225
Closest Subway: Prospect Park/ Eastern Parkway/ Franklin Avenue
Bus Tour Stops: Stop 34 or 35 Brooklyn route
Opening Times
15 March— 6 November：
Tuesday—Friday: 8:00 am—6:00 pm; Saturday—Sunday: 10:00 am—6:00 pm
8 November —11 March
Monday—Friday: 8:00 am—4:30 pm; Saturday —Sunday: 10:00 am—4:30 pm
1.Where can visitors enjoy a waterfall?
A.Osborne Garden.
B.Shakespeare Garden.
C.Children’s Garden.
D.Japanese Hill and Pond Garden.
2.How can visitors go to the Brooklyn Botanic Garden?
A.By taking a bus to Prospect Park.
B.By taking a bus to 34 Washington Avenue.
C.By taking the subway to Franklin Avenue.
D.By taking the subway to Stop 35 on the Brooklyn route.
3.When can Nancy visit the Brooklyn Botanic Garden in December?
A.5:00 pm on Thursday.
B.8:30 am on Wednesday.
C4:3 0 pm on Friday. D.9:00 am on Saturday.
B
According to a survey published by the American Institutes for Research last year, a total of 57 colleges were operating some form of CBE programs and about 85 percent of all the higher education officials said they were either designing a CBE program at their school or were considering doing so.
Students in a CBE program choose a central field of study, just as they would at a traditional college or university. Yet instead of attending a series of classes led by professors or teaching assistants at schools, the students study online and direct themselves.
CBE programs require students to show their understanding of a given set of sills Students must prove their mastery of skills that relate to their field of choice by taking related exams. Once they have met all the requirements of their study programs, the students will get their degrees.
CBE programs have made use of many new technologies, especially internet and online media. This helps reduce barriers for nontraditional and other students by bringing higher education to them. And programs that permit students to work at their own speed may save students' money by reducing the time it takes for them to
earn a degree.
But some educators have concerns about the value of the education that CBE programs offer. Johann Neem atWesternWashingtonUniversityargues that the purpose of higher education is not simply to help students master certain skills. It should teach students how to think critically (批判性地) understand the subjects they are studying more deeply and see how they are connected to other subjects. Only that way can they put the knowledge to better use.
He said, “You need to explore, think .. get shaken, have a conversation and struggle. Andthose things take time.”
Instead of supporting CBE, he adds, policy makers and educators should look for ways to improve access and reduce costs for traditional higher education.
4. How are CBE programs different from traditional college education?
A. They require students to choose their subjects.
B. They offer shorter curricula and are less expensive.
C. They heavily rely on the information technologies.
D. They allow students to take easier examinations.
5. What can we learn from Johann Neem's words?
A Free access to traditional education should be provided.
B. Higher education just focuses on critical thinking skills.
C. Students should spend longer time completing the degree courses.
D. College students should be challenged to explore around their subjects.
6. How does Johann Neem's attitude toward CBE programs?
A. Supportive.
B. Disapproving.
C. Sympathetic.
D. Uncaring.
7. What is the author's purpose in writing the text?
A. To press policy-makers to provide more affordable education.
B. To show the disadvantages of the traditional college education.
C. To introduce a new controversial trend in the higher education.
D. To encourage educators to improve the quality of CBE programs.
C
The health benefits of staying active are already well-known. It can help you manage weight, keep blood
sugar levels down and reduce risk factors for heart disease.
Now, a new study suggests that regularly playing sports, especially badminton or tennis, is not only healthy but also reduces your risk of death, at any age, by approximately 50%. This is a big scale population study to explore the health benefits of sports in terms of death rate. The study evaluated responses from 80, 306 adults aged 30 and above inEnglandandScotland, who were surveyed about their health, lifestyle and exercise patterns.
After adjusting factors such as age, sex, weight, smoking habits, alcohol use, education and other forms of exercise besidesthe named sports, the researchers compared the risk of death among people who took part in a sport to those who didn’t. The percentage of reduced risk of death was found to be: 47% for racket（球拍）sports, 28% for swimming and 15% for cycling.
In addition to this, the study didn’t find any significant reduction in the risk for sports like running and football. The findings also exposed that over 44% of the participants met the guidelines for the recommended exercise levels to stay fit and healthy, which amounts to 150 minutes of moderate(适度的) physical activity in a week.
Does this mean you stop running or playing football and switch to tennis instead? Every kind of sport and physical activity has different physical, social and mental benefits attached to it. The apparent lack of benefits of running and football could result from several variables that were not taken into account.
Being active helps you feel happier and live longer. So, the most important step is to take part in any kind of sport that you are likely to enjoy and follow in the long term.
8. How is the study conducted?
A. By doing comparative experiments.
B. By analyzing previous data.
C. By evaluating survey information.
D. By tracking participants for a long time.
9. What does the underlined part “the named sports” refer to?
A. Ball sports.
B. Racket sports.
C. Individual sports.
D. Traditional sports.
10. What can we infer from paragraph 5?
A. Few people will play football.
B. Tennis will become more popular.
C. The result of this study is wrong.
D. The study needs to be further improved.
11. What does the author advise people to do?
A. Stick to any sport that you like.
B. Play badminton and tennis only.
C. Stop running and playing football.
D. Do any sport according to guidelines.
D
Bob, a Burroughs junior high school football player, always had his mom cheering him on. He didn’t play exciting positions. He played as a linebacker(中后卫球员). Sadly, he often found himself at the bottom of the piles, where everyone would jump onto each other at the end of every play. Bob's mom realized it was hard for her son to hear her cheering. She hadto find a solution, but couldn't find one.
Then one day the coach from the school team asked him if he wanted to join the team. Bob wasecstatic, because he was only a ninth grader. His mom was also excited, since she loved football and especially loved watching her son play. She kept considering a way for him to hear her. A cowbell! That was it. Now from the bottom of the piles Bob would hear his mom shaking her cowbell crazily, knowing she was there for him.
Bob's team finally made it to the state championship game. What exciting time to play at Busch Stadium under the lights! This experience made Bob appreciate all the years that his mom had sacrificed everything to get him to practice every day, to wash his uniforms, and to never miss a game. He had to do something.
On the night of the state championship game, the loudspeakers introduced Bob, and as he walked onto the field his mom shook the cowbell, hard. However, it didn’t sound right. She looked its inside, and found a note saying,”Thank you, Mom.” Bob had left her a note expressing his appreciation for always being with him, filling her heart with warmth.
Finally Burroughs claimed the title of State Champion. While others were cheering and admiring the state championship cup, Bob' s mom clutched(紧握) her cowbell happily.
Years later, Bob’s mom died. While digging through her belongings, he found the cowbell with the note. Bob took it to his mom's funeral and rang it, whispering, "Thank you, Mom.”
12. What does the underlined word "ecstatic” mean in Paragraph 2?
A. Curious
B. Disappointed
C. Anxious
D. Delighted
13. Why did Bob's mom want to get a cowbell?
A. To amuse her cow.
B. To teach her cow
C. To attract his attention.
D. To make him hear her
14. What can be learned from Paragraph 3?
A. Bob's mom devoted much time to him
B. Bob was the best player in his team
C. Bob owed his success to his coach
D. Bob's mom was a football player at college
15. Why didn’t the cowbell sound as usual that night?
A. The mother was very weak.
B. Bob had put a note inside the bell.
C. The weather became terrible suddenly
D. The bell had been broken deliberates.
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
Poor Sleep and Loneliness: A Vicious Cycle?
The feeling of being lonely is the sense that you have less social contact with others than you want. It is not quite the same as the amount of social contact you have. Some people don’t engage that often with others, but they are perfectly fine with that, and so they don’t feel alone.____16____Being lonely is associated with poorer psychological health.
One area of research has focused specifically on the relationship between loneliness and sleep. There are several inter-related questions: Is feeling lonely related to the quality of people’s sleep? What aspects of sleep are related to loneliness? And does loneliness cause sleep problems, or do difficulties with sleeping lead to feelings of loneliness?___17___
The relationship between loneliness and sleep was explored in a paper by Melanie Hom and Caol Chu in the September 2020 issue of Clinical Psychological Science. They analyzed the data of previous studies relating sleep quality to feelings of loneliness.____18____This relationship is stronger for insomnia (失眠症) than for sleep complaints like nightmares. In addition, the more loneliness people express, the less effective they think their sleep is.
Although poor sleep and loneliness are closely related, it is hard to determine whether loneliness causes sleep difficulties or the reverse (相反).
___19___It is because you can look to see whether sleep difficulties at one time predict later feelings of loneliness or whether loneliness early on predicts later sleep difficulties. Interestingly, sleep problems predicted later loneliness and loneliness predicted later sleep difficulties. However, the connection between earlier sleep difficulties and later loneliness was generally stronger than that between earlier loneliness and later sleep difficulties. This pattern suggests that there may be a vicious cycle, though, in which poor sleep can increase feelings of loneliness, which can in turn increase sleep difficulties.
If you are someone who has trouble sleeping, be aware that poor sleep lowers your resilience (复原力) overall. Among other things, it may make it harder for you to appreciate the social contacts you have.____20____That added social engagement just might have a positive impact on your future sleep.
A. Long-term studies that follow the same people over time help.
B. If you have difficulty in social engagement, you may feel lonely.
C. Other people may spend a lot of time with others, but still long for more.
D. These issues are important because poor sleep can affect psychological health.
E. To solve the problem, you should monitor your sleeping quality and physical health.
F. If you have trouble sleeping, try spending more time reaching out to friends and loved ones.
G. The results indicate that the more sleep difficulties people express they have, thelonelier they feel.
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My dad believed in responsibility, independence and new experience ! One day, he came from work early and saw me watching a local TV show Talent Sprouts（天才萌芽）．It didn't___21___Dad long to look into my eyes, "You can___22___Ave Marie, thinking of it as an unforgettable experience to be on TV". I withdrew（退缩）．I didn't want to. But I knew it would be___23___to argue. When my musical teacher agreed that I could___24___the show, I mailed my___25___with the required information.
I decided not to tell anyone outside my family about my show. Soon arrived the day when it was my___26___to perform. The first two players performed smoothly. I was next.___27___, I went to the piano, and began to play. Easy, so easy. Right to the end of performance, I suddenly realized I should not be at the end. My heart jumped to my mouth. I had___28___a part, a huge part. How did that happen? How can I___29___a solution fast enough to get smoothly back and fill in the missing part? However, I didn't.____30____, I had the courage to smile at the camera____31____the light went off. Finally, I was presented a certification（证书）of____32____
On my way back home, I felt more relieved than____33____. In truth, the other three were far____34____. I was glad I hadn't told my friends my appearance on TV. I would avoid sympathy or being____35____ The next day, my classmate, Chard Larson, came to me. "I saw you on TV", he said. Uh-oh, my____36____was about to be broadcast to my classmates. The____37____I feared would follow. But before I could defend myself or____38____for my performance, he continued. "You should have told people you were going to be on TV. You were good. "
His generosity touchedme and almost shocked me. He played the piano and we shared the same teacher. I knew he was several levels higher than me.
I got some composure（镇静）, and self-confidence from the experience on Talent Sprouts. But fromChad's words I got more than I would have from____39____playing or winning the competition.
____40____like talent, begins with sprouts.
21. A. take B. bring C. last D. continue
22. A. operate B. perform C. appreciate D. watch
23. A. regardless B. useless C. powerless D. thoughtless
24. A. fail B. discover C. handle D. cancel
25. A. postcard B. parcel C. invitation D. application
26. A. turn B. duty C. order D. charge
27. A. Anxious B. Curious C. Confident D. Delighted
28. A. left B. jumped C. slid D. missed
29. A. pick out B. set out C. work out D. break out
30. A. At most B. At least C. At once D. At present
31. A. if B. because C. while D. before
32. A. education B. reaction C. graduation D. participation
33. A. disappointed B. guilty C. shocked D. disturbed
34. A. better B. intelligent C. considerate D. worse
35. A. ignored B. teased C. respected D. marked
36. A. experience B. tale C. failure D. legend
37. A. pity B. shame C. regret D. depression
38. A. forgive B. bargain C. apologize D. appreciate
39. A. perfect B. terrible C. broken D. messy
40. A. Responsibility B. Struggle C. Determination D. Kindness
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
Putting your hand in your pocket to reward good service is a personal choice, but it also depends on___41.___you are in the world. What is a common practice in one city is not necessarily in another. In some places a tip is expected；but in others, good service should be expected and ought to___42.___(include) in the
price.
In the UK, where people tend to be too polite to complain, they might pay the service charge despite quietly___43.___(complain) that the service they received was not____44.____(satisfy)!
___45.___, in the US it's still customary to leave a gratuity because tips often make up____46.____large part of a server's income. Restaurant owner William Beckett told the BBC that in New York, for example, Theoretically you could just stand up and walk out. You don't. Everybody___47.___(tip) 20%. ”
Maybe we should follow Japan's approach, where tipping under any circumstance may seem rude because good service is standard and expected. Elsewhere, there are___48.___(call) for restaurants to replace the tipping system____49.____a single payment covering both the meal and the service. This____50.____(basic) means, don't tip ——the price you see on the menu reflects the full cost of dining.
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:在错的词下划一横线，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。

Dear Tom,
I'm glad to hear that you are very interesting in Guoxue. Let me to give you a simple introduction to it.
Generally speaking, Guoxue refers to the excellent traditional Chinese culture,that includes philosophy, literature, history, music, painting and so on. Guoxue has been playing an increasing important part in China,especially for them students. Not only did it tell us how to study,but it also teaches us how to live. More and more Guoxue courses is given in schools of different levels all over China.
If you want to get better understanding of Guoxue, you are welcome to China to learn it,feel it and enjoy it. I'm sure you’11 benefit from living in two different culture. I'm looking forward to see you soon in China.
Yours,
Wang Kai 第二节书面表达（满分25分）
52.假定你是李华，你的英国网友Peter上周在邮件中提到想阅读中国著名的小说，就此请你用英语给他
写封回信。

内容包括：
1.推荐一本小说；
2.此书内容简介；
3.给出阅读建议。

注意:1.词数100左右；
2.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Dear Peter,
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ _________
Yours,
Li Hua
参考答案
1. D
2. C
3. B
4. C
5. D
6. B
7. C
8. C 9. B 10. D 11. A
12. D 13. D 14. A 15. B
16. C 17. D 18. G 19. A 20. F
21. A 22. B 23. B 24. C 25. D 26. A 27. C 28. D 29. C 30. B 31. D 32.
D 33. A 34. A 35. B 36. C 37. B 38. C 39. A 40. D
41. where
42. be included
43. complaining
44. satisfying
45. However
46. a 47. tips
48. calls 49. with
50. basically
51.(1).interesting→interested
(2).去掉to
(3).that→which
(4).increasing→increasingly
(5).them→us
(6).did→does
(7).is→are
(8).get后加a
(9).culture→cultures
(10).see→seeing
52.略。