1、2020-2021学年度上学期高三年级第四次月考英语考试题 时 间：120分钟 分 值：150分第一部分听力（共两节，满分30分）第一节听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。1. What would the boy like to do after lunch?A. Practice high jump.B. Play Find the Flag.C. Skip rope. 2. Where does the womans sister re
2、ally want to work?A. In Atlanta.B. In Chicago.C. In New York. 3. What does the man enjoy doing?A. Running.B. Walking.C. Hiking.4. Why doesnt Laura finish her food?A. She is full. B. She doesnt like it. C. She has a stomachache. 5. What are the speakers mainly talking about?A. The effects of a disast
3、er. B. The causes of the flood. C. Some fruits and vegetables. 第二节听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。听下面一段对话，回答第6、7题。6. What did the woman do for Mr. Lee?A. She cooked dinner. B. She made the bed.C. She put his books
4、away. 7. Where does the conversation take place?A. At a retirement home. B. At a hospital.C. At a hotel. 听下面一段对话，回答第8至10题。8. Whats the most probable relationship between the speakers?A. Manager and clerk.B. Workmates.C. Friends. 9. What is important for Mike?A. Having a personal office.B. Getting in
5、formation quickly. C. Controlling his anger. 10. What does Mike think of the new office?A. Terrible.B. Acceptable.C. Perfect. 听下面一段对话，回答第11至13题。11. How did Jeff injure his foot?A. He played soccer. B. He fell down the stairs. C. He stepped on a sharp rock. 12. What does Jeff ask the woman to do?A. P
6、ut a bandage on his foot. B. Give Coach Tuttle a call. C. Help him get down the stairs. 13. Who will take Jeff to the hospital probably?A. Mr. Tuttle.B. Mr. Stevenson.C. Mrs. King. 听下面一段对话，回答第14至17题。14. How does the man feel about the game this weekend?A. Excited.B. Confident.C. Bored. 15. Why wont
7、Bob watch the game?A. He isnt interested in it. B. He has to go out of town. C. He doesnt have a ticket. 16. How will the speakers go to the game?A. By bus.B. By car.C. On foot. 17. When will the game begin?A. At 1:00 pm.B. At 2:00 pm.C. At 3:00 pm. 听下面一段独白，回答第18至20题。18. What percentage of the voter
8、s give no answers?A. 15%.B. 40%.C. 45%. 19. What will happen on Charing Cross Road?A. A strike by drivers.B. The police training. C. A weekend fair. 20. What has the weather been like recently?A. Rainy.B. Sunny.C. Cloudy. 第二部分：阅读理解（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，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。A
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15、2. What is special for the book Graces Guide?A. It is about how to grow up healthily. B. It is mainly about how to work better.C. It is based on its authors life experience. D. It teaches readers to learn from others life stories.23. Which book should you choose for someone who is bad at getting alo
16、ng with others?A. Graces Guide.B. Tiny Beautiful Things.C. The Total Money Makeover.D. The Oh she Glows Cookbook.BId been retired for four years, when a friend suggested university. I thought he was jokingI was rubbish at school and failed my 11-plus. But we love to compete over Mastermind and Unive
17、rsity challenge, and he thought Id make it. And he was absolutely right!I did a foundation course first, which was part time at the University Lifelong Learning Centre(LLC), two nights a week and the odd Saturday. I did quite well, and that gave me the confidence to do a full time, three year degree
18、. Im passionate about art and I always wanted to be here for the journey and not the destination. That sounds really corny, but it was the truth in my case.Initially it was a bit strange fitting in with my course mates. They were all 18, straight out of sixth form or college. Over time, though, they
19、ve all been fine now, we all get on really well and there is no issue. Ive made plenty of friends as a member of the mature students society, and I do some volunteering through the LLC, chatting to prospective students about my experience of coming to university. I tell them my story and basically e
20、ncourage them to give it a go because youve got nothing to lose. I like to think Ive convinced a few of them.I have no regrets at all. Enrolling in university was the best piece of advice Ive received in years, especially post-retirement. I needed routine in my life; I needed purpose. Im not going t
21、o spend my day in the bookies or the pub. If youve got a passion for something, you should pursue it.24. What do we learn from Paragraph 1?A. The author often competed with his friend at university,B. The author was satisfied with his performance at school,C. The advice of his friend was a big chall
22、enge for the author.D. The authors friend told a joke when suggesting university.25. What was it that made him determined to pursue a full time degree?A. His long held passion for art. B. His boring retirement life.C. His success in the foundation course. D. His desire to travel to the destination.2
23、6. What is Paragraph 3 mainly about?A. How he got along with his course mates B. How he helped his friends at university.C. What activities he took part in at school D. What he experienced as a volunteer.27. Which of the following can serve as the title of the passage?A. Knowledge is power. B. Its n
24、ever too old to learn.C. Failure is the mother of success. D. A friend in need is a friend indeed. CTech giants Apple and Google are teaming up to create a system that would let smart phone users know when theyve come into contact with someone who has COVID-19.The technology would rely on the Blueto
25、oth signals that smart phones can both send out and receive 1aperscn tests positive(阳性) for COVID-19, they could inform public health authorities through an app. Those public health apps would then warn anyone whose smart phones had come near the infected persons phone in the previous 14 days. The t
26、echnology could be used on both Google Android phones and Apple iPhones.The companies insist that they will preserve smart phone users privacy and their technology will be used only by public health authorities to trace the spread of COVID-19. Smart phone users can choose to use it. The software wil
27、l not collect data on users physical locations or their personally identifiable information. People who are tested to be positive would remain unknown to the public, both to the people who came in contact with them and to Apple and Google. “Privacy is of greatest importance in this effort,” the comp
28、anies said in a joint statement.The American Civil Liberties Union has warned that using cellphone data to handle the pandemic carries risks of “destruction of privacy”. In a statement on Friday, ACLU cyber security counsel Jennifer Granick said, “The system also cant work well if people dont trust
29、it”. She said that the joint Apple and Google project “appears to reduce the worst privacy risks, but there is still room for improvement.” She added that the contact tracing app should be used only for public health purposes and only for the duration of this pandemic.Public health officials say the
30、 contact tracingfinding people who have been in contact with an infected person will be a key step in lifting shelter in-place restrictions.It would allow people who are known to have been exposed to the virus to isolate themselves, while letting others recover normal activities.28. What is the main
31、 purpose of the passage?A. To advertise for public health. B. To introduce a contact tracing system.C. To warn the public of risks of COVID-19.D. To raise peoples awareness of privacy protection.29. What do the companies promise to do in particular?A. Warn people who test positive. B. Protect infect
32、ed peoples privacy.C. Work with public health authorities. D. Collect data on users physical locations.30. What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 4 suggest?A. Public health issues are traced accurately.B. Only peoples trust influences the system.C. The system is at the risk of being destroye
33、d.D. Jennifer thinks the system should be better.31. The system is mainly designed to A. ensure infected peoples recovery B. guarantee peoples normal activitiesC. help prevent the spread of COVID-19 D. encourage all the people to isolate themselvesDAs Internet users become more dependent on the Inte
34、rnet to store information, do people remember less? If you know your computer will save information, why store it in your own personal memory, your brain? Experts are wondering if the Internet is changing what we remember and how.In a recent study, Professor Betsy Sparrow conducted some experiments.
35、 She and her research team wanted to know the Internet is changing memory. In the first experiment, they gave people 40 unimportant facts to type into a computer. The first group of people understood that the computer would save the information. The second group understood that the computer would no
36、t save it. Later, the second group remembered the information better. People in the first group knew they could find the information again, so they did not try to remember it.In another experiment, the researchers gave people facts to remember, and told them where to find the information on the Inte
37、rnet. The information was in a specific computer folder(文件夹). Surprisingly, people later remember the folder location(位置) better than the facts. When people use the Internet, they do not remember the information. Rather, they remember how to find it. This is called “transactive memory(交互记忆)”.Accordi
38、ng to Sparrow, we are not becoming people with poor memories as a result of the Internet. Instead, computer users are developing stronger transactive memories; that is, people are learning how to organize huge quantities of information so that they are able to access it at a later date. This doesnt
39、mean we are becoming either more or less intelligent, but there is no doubt that the way we use memory is changing.32. The passage begins with two questions to _.A. introduce the main topic B. show the authors attitudeC. describe how to use the Internet D. explain how to store information33. What ca
40、n we learn about the first experiment?A. Sparrows team typed the information into a computer.B. The two groups remembered the information equally well.C. The first group did not try to remember the information.D. The second group did not understand the information.34. In transactive memory, people _
41、.A. keep the information in mind B. change the quantity of informationC. organize information like a computer D. remember how to find the information35. What is the effect of the Internet according to Sparrows research?A. We are using memory differently. B. We are becoming more intelligent.C. We hav
42、e poorer memories than before. D. We need a better way to access information.第二节（共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5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。Tests can be stressful even for the best students. 36 Fortunately, there are several steps you can take to make your stress much more manageable.Get Enough S
43、leepGetting 6 hours of sleep or less can put you into whats called a sleep deficit(不足), which makes you less sharp mentally and prevents you from performing properly on tests. 37 This way, you neednt stay up for the test and can get a good night of sleep before your big day.Study Smarter 38 Make a l
44、ist of the most important things you need to learn and hit the items at the top of the list first. This will ensure theyre mostly covered if you run out of time. Make a list of all the work you have to do, estimate how long each item will take, and compare that with the amount of hours you have avai
45、lable. This will tell you if you can carefully read or just skim, how many times you can afford to revise the papers.Visualize(想象) SuccessA proven way to build your confidence is to visualize yourself taking the tests and doing wonderfully. Visualization can not only help you perform better in the t
46、ests but can help you remember facts. You can create detailed situations that involve the information youre trying to remember. 39 Stay CalmTherere several techniques that can help you calm down quickly. 40 Just close your eyes, take a deep breath, hold it for a while and then let it out slowly. You
47、r stress will come out with your exhales(呼气).A. Be organized with your studies.B. Extra time on tests can bring success to students.C. Test anxiety has a negative impact on your performance.D. In this process you can strengthen the facts in your memory.E. Breathing exercises can be extremely effecti
48、ve in helping you relax.F. So its very important to get all your studying done before your exam.G. There are options for easing stress and potentially improving test performance.第三部分: 英语知识运用(共两节, 满分45分)第一节 完形填空 （共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。第二节（共10小题，每小题1.5分，共15分）阅读下面短文，在空白
49、处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。Nowadays, social media brings people together from all over the world. As41is replacing conversations, people are actually feeling42and communicating less. Thats why 28-year-old Rob Lawless from a big city who has spent the last four years having an hour-long face-to-face conve
50、rsation with a(n)43a day is so unique.“The concept of44with strangers just to get to know them is so foreign to people who think it was45. In reality, Im just here to sit with you and46anything,” said Lawless.During a typical day, he speaks to around four strangers. Since 2015, he has47to more than
51、2,800 people. Lawless48to listen to what other people say, whether its their love of sports or how they are struggling to earn a49in the city. No matter how busy he is, Lawless50fails to talk to strangers. For him, making these conversations is the best way to51his time. Starting to work after gradu
52、ation, he felt he missed those face-to-face52. Though he saw countless53for social engagement（社交应酬）,networking was never the goal.Instead, he chose to find a way to meet people in a(n)54 setting. Lawless has55speaking with new friends so far. An hour provides the perfect amount of time to get to kno
53、w someone on a56level. He has got to know the city and its people better. He wanted to recapture the social57he felt when he was on campus. Lawless was very58at college. He joined some clubs. He could walk around campus and say hi to people. Going from college to the professional world, he has59lost
54、 that. Therefore, when he moved to the big city, he told himself, “This is my campus now. This is my city to make it what I want. I want to60people as I walk down the street.”41. A. writingB. telephoningC. textingD. telegraphing42. A. lonelyB. comfortableC. strongD. helpless43. A. officialB. strange
55、rC. colleagueD. customer44. A. agreeingB. playingC. quarrelingD. meeting45. A. possibleB. inconvenient C. difficultD. dangerous46. A. talk about B. refer to C. deal withD. pick up47. A. repliedB. spoken C. respondedD. compared48. A. decidesB. refusesC. pretendsD. loves49. A. degreeB. placeC. livingD
56、. credit50. A. neverB. evenC. stillD. often51. A. wasteB. spendC. saveD. spare52. A. fightsB. conferences C. requestsD. connections53. A. participantsB. techniquesC. opportunitiesD. functions54. A. relaxingB. secretC. unfamiliarD. open55. A. stoppedB. continuedC. consideredD. admitted56. A. widerB.
57、steadierC. lowerD. deeper57. A. orderB. statusC. environmentD. gathering58. A. involved B. experiencedC. luckyD. sensitive59. A. frequently B. completelyC. simply D. willingly60. A. impressB. scareC. respectD. recognize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。 Robots are very common
58、nowadays. They 61_ (use) in many factories today and have gone to such far places as 62_ moon. Some robots can “see” 63_ (clear),for they use cameras as their 64_ (eye). Many robots have computer brains and they can “think”. Now they have already come into 65_(we) homes and they are working as 66_ (
59、help). Not only can they do simple jobs for us, such as 67_ (put)things into boxes, but also they can finish much 68_ (hard) tasks like looking after babies. Besides, unlike human beings 69 _need to sleep, robots can work 24 hours a day. With the aid of robots, our life 70_ (become) much easier in t
60、he future.第四部分 写作（共两节；满分35分）第一节 短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）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()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；2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。I had a interesting dream last night. I dreamed that I
61、 took part in a race in the sports meeting. At first, I could not to run very fast and fell behind. So I didnt lose heart and kept running. All the student on the playground cheered me on, “Come on!” I was so encouraging that I ran faster and faster until I caught up all the other runners. I felt li
62、ke a superman. In the end, I got to the finishing line first. I won the race. I felt very proudly of myself. Many of my classmates throw me up into the air. Just at that moment I woke up and found me still lying in bed! What interesting the dream was!第五部分书面表达（共1题，满分25分）假如你是李华，今年暑假你和你的父母在美国旅行期间，在当地一家
63、知名酒店住了一晚，你对住宿条件和服务都非常不满意。请你给酒店经理写一封投诉信，内容包括：1.写信目的； 2.反映存在问题；3.提出改进建议。注意：1.词数100 字左右.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。Dear manager,_Yours,Li Hua参考答案15BACAA 610CACBB 1115CBBAB 1620 ACACA21-23BCB 24-27 CCAB 28-31 BBDC 32-35 ACDA 36-40 CFADE4145 CABDC4650 ABDCA 5155 BDCAB 5660 DCABD61are used 62the 63clearly 64.eyes 65.
64、our 66.helpers 67.putting 68harder 69who/that 70will become71. a-an 72.去to 73. so-but 74.students 75. encouraged76.up后加with 77.proud 78. threw 79. myself 80. How参考范文Dear manager,Im writing to complain about the poor service your hotel provided. After my family checked in on August 5th, we were annoy
65、ed to find there was no access to the Internet and no hot water available after 10 p.m. Worse still, the room attendant was rude when we reported these problems to him.I know your hotel enjoys a high reputation, but it was disappointing that your hotel didnt offer high-quality service. I think its necessary to improve the room service and get your employees well trained so that it wont fail other customers.
