2020届高三下学期高考适应性考试英语试题

1、横峰中学2020届适应性考试英语试卷第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分）第一节（共5小题；每小题 5分，满分73分）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. How long is the girl' s father ' s business trip?A. Five weeks.B. Three weeks.C. Two weeks.2. Where is the man going next?A. To his

2、dormitory.B. To the library.C. To the lecture room.3. How will the woman deal with the machine?A. She will repair it herself.B. She will ask the man to repair it.C. She will find a repairman to repair it.4. Why does the woman leave home earlier?A. She starts work an hour earlier.B. She wants to avoi

3、d the traffic jam.C. It takes her more time to walk to work.5. Where are the speakers?A. On the road.B. At a police station.C. In a garage.C. Her friend.C. A science fiction movie.第二节（共15小题；每小题 5分，满分22.5分）听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。6. Who will go to see the movie with the woman?A. Her son.B. Her husband.7. What

4、 kind of movie is the woman going to see?A. A thriller.B. A comedy.听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。8. Why doesn ' t the man like his new neighbors?A. Their dogs bark loudly.B. They ' ve destroyed his yard.C. They like to watch him through the window.9. What does the man think of dogs?A. They are lovely. B.

5、They are frightening.C. They are in danger.10. What does the woman advise the man to do?A. Talk with his neighbors.B. Say hello to his neighbors.C. Call the police as soon as possible.听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。11. What is the evidence of a mental problem?A. One thinks life is difficult.B. One ' s daily l

6、ife is diffdered.C. One gets the blues now and again.12. What caused the man ' s problem?A. The pressure of work. B. Over-use of drugs.C. His family history of mental illness.13. What does the woman suggest the man do?A. Think positively.B. Have regular meals.C. Do some exercises and activities.

7、听第9段材料，回答第14至17题。14. What does the man say about Trade Me?A. It offers some rare records. B. He often buys books and CDs on it.C. He can buy things from other users on it.15. What did the man buy for his mother as a Christmas present?A. A golf bag.B. A coat.C. A sofa.116. What is the man concerned i

8、n the end?A. When the sofa will arrive.B. How the sofa will be delivered.C. How much the delivery will cost.17. What is the man ' s opinion about online shopping?A. The delivery is a bit too slow.B. Returning goods is difficult.C. It is quite convenient.听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。18. What is the main top

9、ic of the talk?A. Living conditions in Massachusetts in the 1800s.B. The difference between sheep and cattle feeding.C. Animal raising on early American farms.19. What activity did the settlers consider the least important in the early 1800s?A. Planting crops.B. Caring for animals.C. Building houses

10、.20. What did the 19th-century farmers do with most of their farm products?A. They consumed them themselves. B. They sold them to people in cities.C. They traded them with neighboring farms.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 A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项 涂黑。difference themselves

11、.A career in education doesn ' t have to mean leaching in a classroom. You can help them to learn in a way that works for them and be a friend to them as well.Social workAs a social worker, you can directly change the lives of children in need as well advocate for services for drug abusers, fami

12、ly-violence survivors, mental-health patients, and more. You will provide them with the necessary resources to succeed and advise them through trauma 精神创伤）,unemployment, education difficulties, addiction and poverty.Many social workers are associated with governmental agencies, but there are also jo

13、bs in schools, nonprofit organizations and hospitals.Child psychologyStudying child psychology may lead to a career option. Psychologists can provide support for children with mental-health problems and give them a place to be open about their feelings.You may wish to become a school psychologist an

14、d guide children （and their parents） through the education system while dealing with mental illness or trauma. As a psychologist, you will help your patients find the source of trauma or stress and discover ways of reducing or removing the problem. You may even conduct your own research on new treat

15、ment methods.21. Which educational concept does the author support?A . Working with students ' group leaders.B. Teaching children according to their interests.C. Keeping teaching children in the classroom.D. Encouraging students to make a change themselves.22. Who will social workers help most p

16、robably?A. Governmental officials.B. Local business agents.C. Children with education difficulties.D. Women suffering from family violence.23. Which career mainly deals with children with mental illness?A . Educators.B. School leaders.C. Social workers.D . School psychologists.10Are you driven to cr

17、eate change in bettering kids' futures? Here are a few options.EducationGoing after a career in education is sometimes overlooked. Yet teaching is an important path to creating change. You will educate the young minds responsible for the future. In addition to presenting basic school subjects, y

18、ou can teach them to be leaders. You can motivate them to want to make aI was 11 years old when I asked my mom for piano lessons in 2010. We were in the fallout of the recession （经济衰退）.She said a polite" no".That didn ' t stop me. I Googled the measurements for a keyboard, drew the key

19、s on a piece of paper and stuck it on my desk. I would click notes on an online keyboard and" play " them back on my pkeeping the sound they made on the computer in my head. I spent six months playing without touching a real piano. Once my mom saw that I was serious, she borrowed money and

20、 bought me 10 lessons.I still remember the first one. I was struck by how real the sound of the piano was. I sat my grade one aftereight lessons. Once I started secondary school, we couldn grade five, practicing only on my piece of paper.-learning't afford lessons again. I passed gWhertlpent tht

21、ems were cut, tomato plants made an average of 25 sounds in the following hour, and tobacco plants 15. Unstressed plants produced fewer than one sound per hour. It is even possible to distinguishOne evening, when I was about 13, my mom said she had a surprise for me; it was an electronic keyboard, b

22、etween the sounds to know what the stress is. The researchers trained a machinebought with more borrowed money. It was the first time I' d played for her. She was in shockseparate the plants, sounds from those of the wind, rain and other noises of the greenhouse, correctlybeen 10 years since I d

23、rew my paper piaFeciOiRnl 精准My school didn ' t offer music A-level. I found the Purcell School for young musicians. The tryouts 选拔） were difficult. Some of the questions involved an estimation （ 评价）of the composer （作曲家）or when it was written. I felt overwhelmed. To my amazement I was offered a p

24、lace.At Purcell, I spent two years working as hard as I could. I performed to raise money and saved enough to buy my first piano.When I left Purcell, I was awarded the senior piano prize and senior academic music prize. I am now at the Guildhall School in London. I feel proud: it' sone of the wo

25、rld ' s leading music schools.The irony is that I continue to do a lot of my practice away from the piano: what we call mental practice. The paper piano helped spark my curiosity about how music works, the building blocks that form the pieces.identifying in most cases whether the stress was caus

26、ed by dryness or a cut, based on the sound's intensity and frequency. Water- hungry tobacco appeared to make louder sounds than cut tobacco, for example. Although Khait and his colleagues only looked at tomato and tobacco plants, they believe other plants may make sounds when stressed.Enabling f

27、armers to listen for water - stressed plants could " open a new direction in the field of ）agriculture'', tme researchers suggest. They add that such an ability will be increasingly important as climate change exposes more areas to drought.Khait's study also suggests that insects an

28、d some mammals can hear and respond to from as far as 5 metres away. A moth may decide against laying eggs on a plant that sounds water - stressed. Edward Farmer at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland thinks the idea that moths might be listening to plants is24. Why did the authors mom beysonsla

29、t last?A. She suddenly made a fortune. too speculative ” . After all, there are already plenty of explanations for why insects avoid some plants and not others.B. She had no doubt of his talent for piano.C. She realized he meant what he said.D. She was shocked by his first performance.25. Which of t

30、he following can best describe the author?A. Honest. B. Determined. C. Humorous. D. Modest.26. The word “irony " in the last paragraph shows that the author was.A. surprised B. proud C. satisfied D. curious27. What ' s the author ' s main purpose of writing this article?A. To introduce

31、the method of mental practice.B. To share how he convinced his mom to buy a piano.C. To encourage people to stick to their dreams.D. To describe how costly it is to learn an instrument.CI I,Although it has been indicated in recent years that plants are capable of seeing, hearing and smelling, they a

32、re still usually thought of as silent. But now, for the first time, Itzhak Khait and his colleagues at Tel Aviv University in Israel found that tomato and tobacco plants made ultrasonic（超声的）sounds at frequencies humans can't hear when stressed by a lack of water or when their stem is cut.Microph

33、ones placed 10 centimeters from the plants picked up sounds in the ultrasonic range of 20 to 100 kilohertz. Human hearing usually ranges from 20 hertz to 20 kilohertz. " These findings can alter the way we think about the plant kingdom , " they wrote in their study, which has not yet been

34、published.On average, drought - stressed tomato plants made 35 sounds an hour, while tobacco plants made 11.28. What were tomato and tobacco plants' reactions to different stresses?A . They reacted to different types of stress with the same sound.B. Cut tomato plants produced more sounds per hou

35、r than water- hungry ones .C. Cut tobacco plants seemed to make lower sounds than drought - stressed ones.D. Tobacco plants might make louder sounds than tomato plants when short of water.29. What's the main idea of Paragraph 4?A. The potential applications of the research.B. Challenges facing f

36、armers in the future.C. Farmers' contributions to the research.D. The future development of agriculture.30. What does the underlined word "speculative" in the last paragraph probably mean?A. Practical B. Surprising. C. Unsupported. D . Complicated.31. What may be the best title for the

37、 text?A. Silent screamB. Mysteries of natureC. Inner voicesD. A yet - to-be - published studyD34. Which of the following is a medium?A . Suning.B . Sunion.C. CNBC.D. Pinduoduo.35. What can we infer from the text?B . Advertising of the products matters.D . The iPhone still leads the trend in China.De

38、spite the negative international headlines that have hit Huawei over the past few months, its consumer business continues to thrive. The Chinese technology giant replaced Apple as the second-largest smart-phone player by global market share last year. It' s firmlftheTbiggiesCvinndor（A . Updating

39、 of technology counts.C. The sale strategy is invisible.Chinese consumers say they ' ve been attracted to Huaweis newest features, the price pontsand th 5 小题；每小题 2 分，辆分 10 分）fact that it ' s a domestic brand.brands can go international,'phones are “ cost-effective ”“Using Huawei ' s

40、mobile phones is supporting domestic brands. Wepe段内容，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 Vikey, a Guangzhou-based Huawei user, told CNBC. She added that Huaweiand have good features while iPhones are“more of a trend.One of the keyfeatures that Huawei introduced was a triple-lens camera on its P20 Pro,

41、which was launched last year.What Teenagers Can Do To Earn More RespectFor the next 12 months, the iPhone lacks one of the most appealing features of current winners in the Chinese smart-phone market, the triple-lens camera. The Huawei P20 Pro led the march.As teenagers continue to grow and develop

42、into young adults, the transition（ 过渡）into adulthood has begun. With so many physical and emotional changes going on, certain manners are often forgotten and36 By doing the following things, you willother adult traits （特征）are not yet accepted as a way of life. _' t worthearn more respect.'s

43、latest iPhone models are facing huge discounts in China as retailers try to sell the strugglingRetailers（零售商）are slashing iPhone prices across China as consumers say the phones arenthe cost. AppleA . More of a trend.B. Cost-effective.A. Everyone has certain responsibilities.C. Too-high prices.D. A l

44、ack of innovative features.B. It will make your life more pleasant.devices. That comes as the top-of-the-line Apple smart-phones have posted poor China sales on what experts say are too-high prices for the world ' largest smart-phone market and a lack of innovative features compared to local com

45、petitors like Huawei. The technology giant itself acknowledged earlier this month that unexpectedly low sales in the Chinese market would likely lead to worse-than-anticipated first quarter profits.One of the most recent iPhone cost cuts in the country came from Suning, a large Chinese retailer, whi

46、ch changed the price of the 128GB version of the iPhone XR from 6,999 yuan to 5,799 yuan a 1,200 yuan discount.Other retailers in China are also putting their iPhones on sale. Sunion, an Apple reseller, was advertising 700 yuan off for both the 128GB and 256GB versions of the iPhone XR. E-commerce s

47、ite Pinduoduo, which allows third-parties to sell products, also had hefty（ 很大的）discounts across all of the latest iPhone models.32. What does the underlined word “thrive probably mean in the first paragraph?A . Reduce. B. Remain. C. Threaten.D . Increase.33. Which of the following is one of the Hua

48、wei' s characters?Contribute to the householdAt the very least, clean up after yourself. As a teenager, you are old enough to clean up after yourself.When you make a mess, clean it up. This includes, but is not limited to, your dishes and your room. All chores （零星工作）that you do help to reduce th

49、e load of the person who did them before. Now that you ' re old enough and capable, why shouldn you contribute to the household? 37Be responsible38 Whether they are basic things, like brushing your teeth or doing your homework , or more involved chores that contribute to the household, simply fu

50、lfill your responsibilities on time. When adults know that they can rely on you, their trust and respect for you will increase.39Instead of taking the easy approach and asking for help, make an effort to solve your problems on your own first. The “ easy way " is only easy for you, but it is an

51、extra task for the person from whom you are seeking help. 40 Depending on the problem, 15 minutes of effort is usually a good guideline. When you become a good problem solver, you increase your value to the community.C. The people doing the chores before will greatly appreciate the help.D. By being

52、aware of these manners and traits, you can manage them sooner.E. Solve more of your own problem without asking for helpF. Seek help only after you have made an honest effort to solve your own problems.G. When speaking to a group, speak loud enough.第二部分语言知识运用（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

53、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。A couple of weeks ago, my grandfather was explaining his favorite expression, easy. " The following day, as I tried to complete my clay' s work, I happumbtetoee （大黄蜂）on the skylight （天窗）.The skylight was particularly high up, but I thought 42 the b

54、ee would take no more than five minutes. An hour later, the bee still remained. All that had 43 was that the living room was a mess and that I was dizzy from 44 into the sunlight. I did not expect to waste an hour on an insect so 45 but by doing so, I understood what my grandfather meant.It is not o

55、nly time that we tend to underestimatewe don ' t account for unexpectedimagine what can work in our 46 but we seldom think of all the 47 things that could affect us. However, it is important to remember that your day or week or year might not go as 48 and that is completely normal. It is 49 acce

56、ptable to feel challenged eve50at a that youthought was simple - because that is part of life.If you can 51 that nothing will ever be easy, then 52 might seem slightly more manageable. In middle school, I thought high school might be easier because I could choose the classes I wanted to 53. In high

57、school, I thought 54 might be easier because I could have a schedulebest suited for myself. Yet each time, I was both wrong and disappointed. After accepting that school wouldn ' t （and shouldn ，t55e , I found myself with a more positive attitude and 56 results.Of course, there should be 57 made

58、 to account for expenses or time. Doing so can only help you 58 your goals in a better way. However, there is no need to beat ourselves up （过分自责） when something stands in our 59. Maybe we cannot see a 60 coming our way, but we canalways give ourselves the extra time to catch it.41. A . arrest42. A. describingB. noticeB. exploringC. flyC. removingD. attractD. warning43. A. changedB. failedC. clearedD. ended44. A . clean