2020届湖北省襄阳第四中学高三检测英语试题

1、襄阳四中2020 届高三年级下学期英语测试注意事项：1. 答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。2. 回答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。回答非选择题时，将答案写在答题卡上，写在本试卷上无效。3. 考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。第一部分听力（共两节，满分30 分 ）做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。第一节（共5 小题；每小题1.5 分，满分7.5 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

2、出最佳选项。 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。例： How much is the shirt?A. £ 19.15. B. £9.18. C. £ 9.15.答案是C。1. What will Mary do tonight?A. Go to the theatre. B. Take care of her father. C. Prepare supper at home.2. What s the probable relationship between the speakers?A. Colleag

3、ues. B. Teacher and student. C. Customer and waiter.3. How did the girl read the book?A. She read it slowly. B. She read some parts of it. C. She read it page by page.4. What are the speakers talking about?A. A painting. B. Painting classes. C. The man s daughter.5. What was the woman s dream?A. A l

4、awyer. B. A worker. C. A footballer.第二节（共15 小题；每小题1.5 分，满分22.5 分 ）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。听第 6 段材料，回答第6、 7 题。6. What time is it now?A. 5:50. B. 6:00. C. 6:40.7. Where are the speakers?A. At the stat

5、ion. B. At the airport. C. At a bookstore.听第7 段材料，回答第8 至 10 题。8. What does the man think of the department store?A. Large. B. Famous. C. Deserted.9. What s close to the men s clothing store?A. A bank. B. A theater. C. A food store.10. Where does the post office lie?A. Across the street. B. Next to t

6、he theatre. C. Three blocks away.听第 8 段材料，回答第11 至 13 题。11. How does the man advise going to the park?A. On foot. B. By bus. C. By bike.12. What will the speakers do on Saturday night?A. Relax at home. B. Organize a party. C. Have dinner with friends.13. When will they visit the museum on Sunday?A. I

7、n the morning. B. In the afternoon. C. In the evening.听第 9 段材料，回答第14 至 17 题。14. What is the man speaker?A. A manager. B. A secretary. C. A roommate.15. What happened to the woman?A. Her window was broken. B. Her house was broken into. C. Some children scolded her.16. Why will the man come over?A. To

8、 comfort the woman. B. To seek for some clues. C. To know about the damage.17. How did the woman feel when hearing“ he can bill me directly”?A. Calm. B. Joyful. C. Surprised.听第 10 段材料，回答第18 至 20 题。18. Why did Steve like staying on the hills?A. The views were excellent.B. He could get full relaxation

9、.C. It contributed to imagination.19. What stories does Steve love writing?A. Fairy tales. B. Horrible stories. C. Fantastic stories.20. What life is Steve living?A. A quiet life. B. A busy life. C. A hard life.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。ANew

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18、es.BThat morning , I dropped our eldest at kindergarten and returned home|g|fur two younger children play while I worked on my medical report. It was wonderful, but it hit me that my carel pital wasn't making a difference in anyone's life. I needed something that would stretch my limits and

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20、 The man on the other end was receptive to my questions and explained the next step of training, involving eight weeks of classes designed to prepare and educate foster parents. We continued through all the classes, the home visits , background checks, and seemingly endless steps.Five long months af

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22、x months later, her half -brother came to us by our request. We now had five children under our care.On August 12, 2016, our family of seven walked into a small courtroom. The children's lawyer and social worker were there. With just a few words, our adoption was finalized. These two amazing chi

23、ldren weren't going home, because they were already home. We are their forever family5 and they are our forever children. We may not be able to change the entire world, but we have changed the world entirely for our new children.4. How did the author feel about her hospital work?A Unusually dema

24、nding.B. Lacking in motivation.C. Filled with challenges ?D. Packed with chances.5. What led the author to decide to adopt children?A. She wanted to make a difference in other people.B. She felt sympathetic for abused children she knew.C. She felt confident about her ability to raise children.D. She

25、 experienced training to raise children properly.6. What does the underlined word "placement" in Para.3 refer to?A. The child tted.B. The need to get trained.C. The approval of adoption.D. The official at the hospital7. Why did the author appear at the courtroom?A. To put the adopted kids

26、elsewhere.8. To receive another adopted child.9. To begin the kids 5 adoption in her home .D. To make the adoption officially legal,The kakapo, a bird that lives in New Zealand, is not designed for survival. Weighing up to 4 kilograms, it is the world's fattest parrot. It mates （ 交配 ） only when

27、the rimu tree is in fruit, which happens every few years. It developed gradually in the absence of land-based natural enemies, so instead of flying above the trees it walks like a duck across the dry forest floor. When it moves unsteadily across something that might kill it, it will stand still.Such

28、 unusual characteristics turned it into fast food for human settlers, and for the cats and rats they brought with them. It seemed to have disappeared by the 1970s, until scientists came across two undiscovered populations in the country's south. These survivors were eventually moved to small ene

29、my -free islands, where researchers havespent decades trying to get them to breed （繁殖）.The scientists' patience is finally rewarded. The rimu was in fruit this year, and more than 80 chicks hatched, making this the best breeding season on record. Many have survived into adolescence, increasing t

30、he number of adult kakapos by a third, to 200 birds.Another danger to the kakapo is a lack of genetic diversity. This is one reason why fewer than half of kakapo eggs hatch. By arranging the genome （基因组） of every living bird, scientists can identify closely -related individualsand put them on differ

31、ent islands. Every bird is fitted with something to track its slightest movement. If a female mates with an "unsuitable ” male, the process can be stopped.All these efforts cost almost New Zealand $1.3 million this breeding season. Yet the kakapo's future still looks unsafe. Earlier this ye

32、ar a severe disease tore through the population. And tiny as the number of kakapos is, space is running out on the two islands where most of them live. New enemy -free settlement must soon be found.8. Which of the following is a danger for the survival of the kakapo?A. It is the smallest bird in the

33、 world.B. It lacks exercise and usually stands still.C. It adapts slowly in genetic development.D. It can't respond actively when facing danger.9. In what way may the scientists' patience be rewarded?A. They hatched 80 kakapos' eggs this year.B. They tried to make the rimu tree in fruit

34、this year.C. Two survivors were moved to enemy -free islands.D. 50 chicks hatched have survived into adults this year.10. Why did the scientists put kakapo in different islands?A. To stop closely -related kakapos mating.B. To increase the population of kakapo.C. To stop females mating with males.D.

35、To hatch more kakapos' eggs.11. According to the author, the efforts to protect the kakapo in New Zealand areB. unsafeA. successfulC. doubtfulD. inadequateD“ New and improved. ” These words are put in so many marketing campaigns that we tend to accept them as linked. But many new drugs aren'

36、t an improvement over the best existing drug for a given condition, and the fast drug-approval processes in recent years have added to the uncertainty about their advantages.A recent report in the British Medical Journal, "New Drugs: Where Did We Go Wrong and What Can We DoBetter?, analysed the

37、 issue, The authors looked at 216 drugs approved between 2011 and 2017 ；152 were newlydeveloped, and 64 were existing medicine approved for new uses. Only 25% offered a major advantage over the established treatment, and fully 58% had no confirmed added benefit to reduce symptoms or improve health -

38、related quality of life."This doesn t mean there's no added benefit," lead author Wieseler said.“ It just means we haveEither we have no studies or have studies not good enough.”-auWthioerssewleorraknfdorhaerGceorman institutewhich evaluates new treatments and advises on whether the co

39、untry's health care system should pay a premium ( 占 )for them. Such organizations , known as health technology assessment ( HTA) agencies, work a little differently in the US, says Sean Tunis， a researcher in Baltimore:“ If payers think a new drug isn't better than an e，xisting drugthese age

40、ncies will require .that hospitals try the cheaper drug first.”Germany's HTA demands trials to prove that a new treatment beats the existing standard. This isn't always practical For one thing, such studies can be expensive and time-consuming, with no guarantee of success. Secondly, it can d

41、iscourage companies from attempting to develop new alternatives. This is already happening. Drug developers are increasingly focused on areas where there are no good treatments to compete with, such as rare diseases.This lack of meaningful data to guide patients is a major point of Wieseler's pa

42、per - With accelerated approval, there are more products approved, with a greater amount of uncertainty about risks and benefits. But there are other solutions besides drug trials. One idea is to require postmarket studies to track the effectiveness of newly approved drugs a step too often neglected

43、.12. What message does the recent report convey?A. Many new drugs have no improved advantages.B. The approval processes for new drugs are too fast.C. Improved drugs have advantages over old ones.D. Before 2017 no improvement was made to drugs.13. What will US HTA agencies do when no advantage is fou

44、nd in new drugs?A. Remove government premium on them.B. Get hospitals to use the cheaper drugs.C. Arrange financial support for the patients.D. Put new drugs on further trials and studies.14. What's the disadvantage of Germany's HTA trial demands?A. Making drug companies think of illegal way

45、s to cut cost.B. Pushing companies to try alternatives for existing drugs.C. Getting patients to depend on the government for support.D. Holding companies back from improving existing drugs.15. What is the best title for the text?A. The Advantage of Existing DrugsB. Misunderstanding of New and Old D

46、rugsC. A Dilemma with New Drug AlternativesD. Peopled Preference for New or Old Drugs第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10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。From Mozart to pop music, tons of people enjoy listening to various types of music while they paint, write, or draw. Many believe that music helps improv

47、e creativity. But an international study is challenging that viewpoint.16To come to their conclusions, researchers had participants complete verbal （文字的）problems designed to inspire creativity while sitting in a quiet room. 17 They found that background music significantly hurt the participants, abi

48、lity to complete tasks associated with verbal creativity.The tasks were simple word games. 18 Then, they were asked to find a single word associated with all three that could be combined to form a common phrase or word. Participants completed the tasks in either a quiet room, or while exposed to thr

49、ee different types of music: music with unfamiliar lines, instrumental music, or music with familiar lines.Dr. McLatchie and his colleagues conclude that music interferes with （ 干扰）the verbal working memory of the brain. 19 Also, as far as the library background noises having seemingly no effect, th

50、e researchers believe that is the case because library noises create an environment of steady state that doesn't interrupt concentration." 20 Instead, they demonstrate that music, regardless of the presence of its content, consistently interrupts creative performance in insight problem solv

51、ing," the study reads.A. And this in turn holds back creativity.B. It has nothing to do with the positive reaction.C. Then again, they were tested while music was played in the background.D. Psychologists say that their findings indicate music actually blocks creativity.E. For example, particip

52、ants were given three words, such as dress, dial, and flower.F. Before the experiment, the participants didn't study the music they would listen.G. To conclude, the findings here challenge the popular view that music builds up creativity. 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

53、，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。I was driving home with my son Giacomo, 15, on the A40 when I suddenly saw a small plane coming down. Out of nowhere, it 21 some 200 yards away from where we were 22 , overturning and bursting intoflames.We were going 70 miles an hour and I managed to 23 ; oth

54、erwise we would have crashed into it ourselves. I jumped out, 24 Giacomo in the car. I remember 25 at him to stay there since we really didn ' t have time to mess around.Flames were coming out of the cockpit （ 驾驶舱）and I could hear screaming, so I climbed under the wing and tried to 26 the window

55、s in but failed, and with the heat of the 27 coming over the topof the plane, I 28 I might have to give up or I' d be in great danger myself. I found the small windows at theback of the plane had cracked （破 裂），so my best bet was to kick those through. It 29 and, looking back, we were unbelievabl

56、y 30; otherwise, it would have been a completely different 31 .I pulled a teenage girl and boy out. Then another guy, Joel Snarr, arrived on the 32 to help at just the right time. I don ' t think I would have been able to get the3o t he was a big guy. 34, Joelseized him by the arms and got him o

57、ut just in time. I could 35 straight away Joel had a military background by how he 36 himself. We 'just got all three of them, Stuart Moore, who' d flown the plane, ainephew and niece, to a safe 37 when the plane exploded.The emergency services 38 pretty quickly, and then they did their duty

58、. When I got back to my39 , Giacomo and I stared at each other, almost laughing in 40. It was a very strangemoment things like this only happen in films.21. A. disappearedB. landedC. crashedD. exploded22. A. livingB. standingC. flyingD. driving23. A. rollB. stopC. passD. speed24. A. greetingB. savingC. blamingD. leaving25. A. shoutingB. aimingC. lookingD. smiling26. A. fixB. cleanC. kickD.shut27. A. steamB. fireC. waterD. engi