1、山西省祁县第二中学校2020届高三英语11月月考试题（无答案）第一节 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A,B,C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。（共15小题，每小题3分，满分45分。）A 100-word-story Competition 2018 Our annual short-story competition is back for its eighth year. As ever, we look forward to reading yours ！The Rules Please make sure that stories are new, not previously publish
2、ed and exactly 100 words long(not including the title). We may use entries in all print and electronic media. Entry is open only to people living in the UK. It is not open to employees of Readers Digest and all others associated with this competition, their immediate families and relatives living in
3、 an employees household.Terms and Conditions There are three categories -one for adults and two for schools: one for children aged 12-18 and one for children under 12. In the adults category, the winner will receive $1,000 and two runners-up will each receive $250. In the 12-18s an under-12s categor
4、ies, the winners will each receive a Fire HD 8 Tablet and a selection of STAEDTLER products worth $50, plus two STAEDTLER classpacks of pencils for their school.The two runners -up in both categories will each receive a Kindle E -Reader. Please submit your stories by 5 pm on February 19. The editori
5、al team will pick a shortlist of entries, which this year will be published by our partner nicereading. com. Winners of the categories will have an opportunity to write a longer version of their stories for inclusion in the book. The three best stories in each category will be posted online at Reade
6、rsdigest. co.uk on February 27.You can vote for your favourite, and the one with the most votes wins the top prize. voting will close at 5pm on March 19and the winning entries will be published in our June issue(六月刊 ). 21.Who is forbidden to take part in the story competition? A. A British man of 20
7、. B. A Staff of Readers Digest. C. A net friend of the organizer. D. An employee of the government. 22.Which of the following will be awarded to the youth winners A. A Fire HD 8Tablet. B. A Kindle E-read.C. $50. D. $250.23. Where will the winning entry come out?A. On TV. B. In a magazine. C. On a we
8、bsite. D. In a book.B Two women landed in Japan Monday after their rescue from a damaged sailboat floating aimlessly in the Pacific Ocean. Jennifer Appel and Tasha Fuiava and their two dogs had been lost at sea for almost six months. The Navy ship USS Ashland rescued them about 1, 450 kilometers sou
9、theast of Japan. Appel and Fuiava left Honolulu on May 3 sailing Appels 15-meter boat, the Sea Nymph. They had planned for an 18-day trip to Tahiti. However, storms flooded the engine, destroyed the boats starter and severely damaged the mast(桅杆). The women could not use the sails effectively, as a
10、result.They tried to return to Hawaii. In June, they got within 1, 345 kilometers of Oahu.We knew we werent going to make it ，Apple said.So thats when we started making distress calls (求救呼叫). We were hoping that one of our friends who like to go deep sea fishing and taking people out might have gone
11、 past the 400-mile mark and might have cruised (巡航) near where we would be. Jennifer Appel, right, and Tasha Fuiava sat with their dogs on the deck of the USS Ashland Monday, Oct. 30, 2017 They were thousands of miles in the wrong direction when a Taiwanese fishing boat found them. Appel said she pa
12、ddled on a surfboard to the Taiwanese boat and made an emergency call The USS Ashland happened to be in the area at the time to avoid a storm. The ships commanding officer Steven Wasson said the Ashland traveled 160 kilometers and found the women he next day. Appel told reporters on Friday that they
13、 were beginning to feel hopeless when they saw the US Navy ship coming toward them.When I saw the gray ship on the horizon, I was just shaking, she said. I was ready to cry ,I was so happy. I knew we were going to live. The US Navy decided the Sea Nymph needed too many repairs to make it sea-worthy
14、.So, the sailboat was left at sea.24. What is the main cause of the two womens being lost ? A. The boats starter happened to fail B. The boat conveyed too heavy a load C. There were strong winds for a long time. D. Storms brought too much water into the boat 25. Which of the following best describes
15、 the two women ?A. Brave and clever. B.Cautious and fearful.C. Adventurous and lucky. D Common and hardworking .26.Why was the final sailboat considered useless.A. It demanded quite a lot of repairs B. The two dogs destroyed its mast totally.C. It had been in water long and broke up. D. The Taiwanes
16、e boat approached and crashed it. 27. What is the main idea of the text ?A. Two women and two dogs were at sea . B. Storms often destroy boats in the Pacific Ocean. C. A Taiwanese boat rescued a boat with two dogs. D. Two women and two pets were rescued by a ship. CLanguages have been coming and goi
17、ng for thousands of years, but in recent times there has been less coming and a lot more going. When the world was still populated by hunter gatherers, small, tightly knit ( 联系) groups developed their own patterns of speech independent of each other. Some language experts believe that 10,000 years a
18、go,when the world had just five to ten million people, they spoke perhaps 12, 000 languages between them .Soon afterwards, many of those people started settling down to become farmers, and their languages too became more settled and fewer in number. In recent centuries, trade, industrialisation, the
19、 development of the nation-state and the spread of universal compulsory education, especially globalisation and better communications in the past few decades, all have caused many languages to disappear, and dominant languages such as English,Spanish and Chinese are increasingly taking over. At pres
20、ent, the world has about 6,800 languages. The distribution of these languages is hugely uneven. The general rule is that mild zones have relatively few languages, often spoken by many people, while hot, wet zones have lots, often spoken by small numbers. Europe has only around 200 languages ;the Ame
21、ricas about 1,000; Africa 2, 400; and Asia and the Pacific perhaps 3, 200, of which Papua New Guinea alone accounts for well over800. The median number(中位数) of speakers is a mere 6,000, which means that half the worlds languages are spoken by fewer people than that. Already well over 400 of the tota
22、l of 6, 800 languages are close to extinction (消亡), with only a few elderly speakers left. Pick, at random, Busuu in Cameroon (eight remaining speakers), Chiapaneco in Mexico(150), Lipan Apache in the United States （two or three) or Wadjigu in Australia (one ，with a question-mark )：none of these see
23、ms to have much chance of survival. 28. What can we infer about languages in hunter-gatherer times? A. They developed very fast. B. They were large in number. C. They had similar patterns. D. They were closely connected.29. Which of the following best explainsdominantunderlined in paragraph 2? A Com
24、plex. B. Advanced C Powerful D. Modern.30. How many languages are spoken by less than 6, 000 people at present? A.About 6,800. B. About 3, 400 C. About 2, 400.D. About 1, 200 31. What is the main idea of the text? A. New languages will be created. B. Peoples lifestyles are reflected in languages.C H
25、uman development results in fewer languages.D Geography determines language evolution. D Caring for babies in extremely tight quarters of a plane while trying to avoid disturbing fellow passengers is a tall order in and of itself. Combine that with the fact that few aspects of air travel, with the e
26、xception of pre-boarding the plane, are designed for the comfort of parents traveling with children,and the whole experience seems understandably challenging. However, one strangers kind act showed how easy it is to make the situation far more pleasant for everyone. On a Southwest Airlines flight ea
27、rlier this month, a passenger sitting next to a pregnant mom traveling alone with her 20-month-old son offered to help comfort the child by walking the aisles of the plane. Another passenger who saw the act said she was moved to tears.Her son was upset and hard to please. The man did not complain. I
28、nstead he just told her that he was a dad and wanted to help her so that she could rest,” passenger Andrea Byrd wrote in a September. 5th Facebook post,which was shared over 100,000 times. In an interview with a newspaper, the mom,Monica Nelson, said that she could hardly believe it when her fellow
29、passage offered to help,but her heart was full of thanks because flying without her husband made her nervous. Parents traveling with their kids are up against a tough environment when they board an aircraft, but it takes very for fellow passengers and flight crews to ever-so-slightly accommodate fam
30、ilies flying together. I hope that all airlines will eventually offer flights similar to Jet Blues Fly Babies practice, in which passengers will be awarded discounted airfares with more babies crying onboard the plane. And at the same time,theres always chocolate.32. What can be inferred from the fi
31、rst paragraph? A. Flying with young children is difficult. B.Planes are designed to comfort children. C Disturbing others on board is unavoidable.D.Flying is a challenging experience to children.33. Who offered to help Monica Nelson? A. A passenger moved to tear. B. A man seated beside her. C. A man
32、 tired of her sons crying. D. A man who happened to walk past her. 34.How did the woman feel at first when offered help? A .Moved but doubtful. B. Pleased and thankful. C. Scared and nervous. D. Surprised but grateful.35. Which of the following may be one of Jet Blues Fly Babies rules?A Babies can f
33、ly free of charge. B. Babies can get chocolate at a discount.C Airfares change with the number of babies crying on.D. Passengers with babies are able to enjoy discounted airfares.第二节 （共5小题，每小题3分，满分15分）根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。Before there was the written word,there was the language o
34、f dance. Dance expresses love and hate, joy and sorrow, life and death, and everything else in between. 36 We dance from Florida to Alaska. from north to south and sea to sea. We dance at weddings, birthdays, office parties and just to fill the time. “I adore dancing,” says Lester Bridges, the owner
35、 of a dance studio in Iowa. I can t imagine doing anything else with my life, Bridges runs dance classes for all ages.Teaching dancing is wonderful. 37 Its great to watch them. For many of them, its a way of meeting people and having a social life.” 38 I can tell you about one young couple, says Bri
36、dges.They re learning to do traditional dances. They arrive at the class in low spirits and they leave with a smile. 39 ”So, do we dance in order to make ourselves feel better calmer, healthier? Andrea Hillier says,Dance, like the pattern of a beating heart, is life. Even after all these years,I wan
37、t to get better and better. 40 I find it hard to stop ! Dancing reminds me Im alive . A. So why do we dance? B. Dance in the U. S. is everywhere.C. If you like dancing outdoors, come to America.D.My older students say it makes them feel young. E. I keep practicing even when Im extremely tired. F Dan
38、cing seems to change their feeling completely. G. They stayed up all night long singing and dancing.第三部分 语言知识运用第一节（共20题，每小题2分，满分40分）阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A,B,C,和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 However objective we believe ourselves to be, most of us do not judge a product only on the basis of its advantages, we do
39、nt only 41 its quality, value or style before making a decision. 42 ,we are easily influenced by the people around us. There is nothing 43 with this. It is probably a smarter way to make decisions than relying on only our own 44 .But it does make life 45 for companies. They have long understood that
40、 groups of friends and relatives 46 to buy the same products, but understanding the 47 has been tricky. Is it because they are so similar with 48 to how much money they 49 and what television ads they watch that they 50 arrive at the same decision? Or do they 51 one another, perhaps out of envy or p
41、erhaps because they have 52 information about the products? Research in Finland recently found good 53 that neighbours have a big influence on buying 54 . When one of a person s ten nearest neighbours bought a car, the 55 that that person would buy a car of the 56 brand during the next week and a ha
42、lf rose by 86 percent. The researchers argued that it was not just a matter of envy. 57 cars seemed to attract neighbours even more. This 58 that people were not trying to keep up with their neighbours, they were eager to 59 them. Since second-hand cars are less reliable, people are more likely to c
43、onsider others 60 before buying 41. A. recognize B consider C appreciate D introduce 42. A. Otherwise B. However C. Instead D. Therefore 43. A normal B funny C. scientific D wrong44. A opinion B. solutions C. actions D. traditions45. A. happy B hard C. fair D simple 46. A. fail B agree C pretend D.
44、tend 47.A problems B. rules C. reasons D. methods48. A. connection B.regard C relation D.concern49. A.borrow B.make C.waste D.need 50.A. madly B.immediately C. hardly D independently51.A.help B. pay C. copy D.call 52.A.shared B.ignored C.expected D.declared 53.A. excuses B. results C comment D. evid
45、ence54.A.power B. decisions C. time D.approaches 55. A. choice B.challenges C chances D changes 56. A. best B.worst C. same D. different 57. A. New B.Used C Expensive D Cheap 58. A suggested B promised C announced D.predicted59.A. argue with B.care about C. live with D learn from60. A. effort B.perm
46、ission C recommendation D. feeling第二节 （共10 小题，每小题1.5分，满分15 分）阅读线面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的适当形式。 Hands can easily get cold in winter. Wearing gloves might be a good choice, but sometimes it is not 61 (convenience). However, this was not a problem for ancient Chinese people, 62 had a more delicate tool
47、to keep their hands warm: hand warmersThere is no accurate written record about the origin of this tool, but there are some laics about its 63 (invent).One folk story concerns Emperor Yangdi from the Sui Dynasty (581- 618) who visited Jiangsu in the winter. Due to the bitter cold, the local official
48、 asked the producers to make 64 small warmer for the emperor that could be held in ones hands. Thus the hand warmer 65 (create). Techniques for producing the tool were 66 (steady) developed in the Ming and Qing dynasties (1368- 1911). Many poems and books from this period recorded people using hand
49、warmers. The Dream of the Red Chamber, the classic novel written 67 Cao Xueqin from the Qing Dynasty, also described a maid who 68 (send) a hand warmer to Lin Daiyu in one chapter.Ancient hand warmers had various designs. Round and square shapes are typical.Some of 69 ( they) look like pumpkins and
50、flowers. Inside a hand warmer, there were 70 (burn)coals, some mixed with fragrance and giving off pleasant smell. 祁县二中高三年级第三次月考英语答题卡准考证号姓名： 3班级：考号：21 A B C D 26 A B C D 31A B C D 36 A B C D E F G22 A B C D 27A B C D 32 A B C D 37 A B C D E F G23 A B C D 28 A B C D 33 A B C D 38 A B C D E F G24 A B
51、C D 29 A B C D 34 A B C D 39 A B C D E F G25 A B C D 30 A B C D 35 A B C D 40 A B C D E F G41 A B C D 46 A B C D 51 A B C D 56 A B C D42 A B C D 47 A B C D 52 A B C D 57 A B C D43 A B C D 48 A B C D 53A B C D 58 A B C D44 A B C D 49 A B C D 54A B C D 59 A B C D45 A B C D 50 A B C D 55A B C D 60 A B
52、C D第二节 （共10 小题，每小题1.5分，满分15 分）61. 62. 63. 64. 65. 66. 67. 68. 69. 70. 第四部分 写作(共两节,满分35分) There is too many people and too many pollution on the earth. If we moved to the moon one day, how would life be like there? In my opinion, life would be much more comfort on the moon than on the earth. There wo
53、uld be no pollution and no traffic jam. We could go wherever we like in one minute by the spaceship, which would be much fast than a train or an airplane. We would eat whatever you like without being concerned unhealthy ingredients. This is a place where I am always dreaming about.第二节 书面表达(满分25分) 假定你是李华,你校即将举行国际中学生科学论坛活动,你想报名做一名志愿者。请用英文写封邮件申请参加。主要内容包括: 1.写信目的; 2.自我介绍; 3.希望获准。注意 1.词数100左右; 2.可以适当增加细节,以使行文连贯; 3.开头和结尾已给出,不计入总词数 Dear Sir or Madam 35、（1）（10分） （2）（5分）
