2020上海市进才中学高三4月月考英语试题

上海市进才中学高三英语月考

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I.Listening Comprehension

Section A

Directions: In Section A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversations and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a conversation and the question about it, read the four possible answers on your paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard.

1. A. At a railway station. B. At an airport. C. In a park. D. In

Germany.

2.A. By metro. B. By bicycle. C. By car. D. On foot.

3.A. The woman is not a successful tourist guide.

B.T he woman has visited all the countries in the world.

C.T he man is from Africa.

D.The woman hasn’t been to any African country.

4.A. Godfather barely surprises viewers.

B.G odfather is worth watching repeatedly.

C.E very classic should be watched for at least 6 times.

D.The plot of Godfather is hard to believe.

5. A. 50 mph. B. 100 mph. C. 15 mph. D. 30 mph.

6.A. Do some outdoor exercise. B. Buy some coffee.

C. Continue with the lecture.

D. Try to make the room less dry.

7.A. Doctor and nurse. B. Interviewer and interviewee.

C. Teacher and student.

D. Boss and secretary.

8. A. 2 . B. 2:30 . C. 4:30 . D. 4:40 .

9.A. The ring is not hers. B. She doesn’t have gold rings.

C.S he prefers gold to silver.

D. She lost her silver ring.

10.A. The screen doesn’t have to be cleaned.

B.T he keyboard also needs cleaning.

C.T he man shouldn’t do the cleaning.

D.There’s not enough time to clean the computer.

Section B

Directions: In Section B, you will hear several passages and longer conversations, after each passage or conversation, you will be asked several questions. The passages and the conversations will be read twice, but the questions will be spoken only once. When you hear a question, read the four possible answers on your paper and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard.

Questions 11 to 13 are based on the following passage.

11.A. His university education focused on theoretical knowledge.

B.H is dream at university was to become a volunteer.

C.H e took pride in having contributed to the world.

D.He felt honored to study English literature.

12.A. He participated in many discussions

B.H e went through challenging survival tests

C.H e wrote quite a few papers on voluntary work

D.H e did well in countless interviews and presentations.

13. A. He experienced some difficulty adapting to the local culture

B.H e learned to communicate in the local language.

C.H e had overcome all his weaknesses before he left for home.

D.H e was chosen as the most respectable teacher by his student

Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.

14. A. Waiting for the sea to calm.

B.T urning off the engines of the searching warships.

C.S earching the area near the seabed where the tail of the plane was found.

D.A sking passing ships to change their routes.

15. A. Its overseas business is performed well.

B.T he employers added more jobs than expected.

C.T he unemployment rate reached its highest point since 2008.

D.T he economy shows a weakening sign this year.

16. A. Beijing. B. Havana. C. Montreal. D. Indonesia.

Questions 17 and 18 are based on the following conversation.

17. A. David Jackson. B. The woman. C. Peter Jones. D. David

Jones.

18. A. At 6:30, next Wednesday. B. At 6:30, tomorrow.

C. At 6:00, this Wednesday.

D. At 6:00, tomorrow.

Questions 19 and 20 are based on the following conversation.

19. A. The differences between the big shopping centers and small shops.

B.P eople’s shopping habits.

C.T he quality of the goods in the shopping centers.

D.P eople’s shopping experiences online.

20. A. The quality of the goods. B. The surroundings of the shops.

C. The attitude of the shop assistant.

D. The prices of the goods.

II.Grammar and

Vocabulary Section A

Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.

Science fiction often presents us with planets that speak a single language. However,

21 humans can express themselves in several thousand languages is a delight. Few would welcome the loss of this variety, and, along with it, a multiplicity of nations and cultures.

Unfortunately, the days _22 English shares the planet with thousands of other languages are numbered. A traveler to the future is likely to notice two things about the

language landscape of Earth. One, there will be vastly fewer languages. Two, languages will be

_23 (complicated) than they are today.

By 2115, it’s possible that only about 600 languages will be left on the planet as opposed to today’s 6,000. Too often, colonization has led to the disappearance of languages: Native speakers are punished _24 using their own languages. Urbanization has only furthered the destruction by bringing people away from their homelands to cities where a single language dominates.

In addition, it is easy for speakers to associate larger languages with opportunities and smaller ones with backwardness. Consequently, people stop passing on smaller languages to their children.

There are diligent efforts _25 (keep) endangered languages from dying.Sadly, few are likely to lead to communities’ _26 (raise) children in the languages, which is the only way the languages exist as their full selves.

Instead, many communities create new versions of the languages, with smaller vocabularies and simpler grammar. The Irish Gaelic ( 盖尔语 ) proudly spoken by today’s English-Gaelic bilinguals is an example, something that one might call a “New Gaelic.”

Linguists have no single term yet for these new speech varieties, _27

from Germany’s“Kiezdeutsch”to Singapore’s“Singlish,”the world is witnessing the birth of more optimized versions of old languages. This simplification should not be taken as a sign of decline.All of the “optimized” languages remain full languages in every sense of the term.

We _28 regret the eclipse of a world where 6,000 different languages

_29 (speak), but fortunately, it seems a decent amount of linguistic diversity will be preserved. Besides, _30 languages become easier to pick up, the future may promise even more mutual comprehension.

Section B

Directions: Complete the following passage with the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. There is one extra word which you don’t need.

NEW DELHI - The first case of the 2019-20 coronavirus pandemic in India was reported on 30January 2020. So far, India has suspended "all existing visas, except diplomatic, official,UN/international organizations, employment, project visas" until April 15. India's federal health ministry said this Wednesday morning that the death toll due to COVID-19 in India rose to 149 and the total number of _31 cases in the country reached 5,194.

"As of 8:00 am (local time) today 149 deaths related to novel coronavirus have been recorded in the country," reads the information _32 by the ministry. On Tuesday evening the number of COVID-19 cases in the country was 4789 and the death toll was 124.

According to ministry officials, so far 402 people have been _33 from hospitals after showing improvement. "The number of active cases in the country right now is 4,643,"reads the information.

Wednesday _34 the 15th straight day of ongoing 21-day lockdown across the

country announced by the government to _35

the spread of the pandemic.Authorities have imposed strict curfew-like _36 to prevent the movement of people across the country. All road, rail and air services have been suspended in the _37 of the lockdown, except _38

services which are exempted. The three-week lockdown is expected to end on April 14.

India's federal home minister Amit Shah has asked authorities to take quick and stern action against individuals involved in hoarding and black marketing. Meanwhile, Indian Council of Medical Research said it has no _39

to state governments setting up convenient sample collection sites. However, the top health research body said its guidelines should be followed and the sample collection should be done using recommended personal _40 equipment.

III.Reading

Comprehension Section

A

Directions: For each blank in the following passage, there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.

A new phone app uses vibrations from smart phones to warn people about

earthquakes.

The phone app _41 sudden shaking of the earth’s surface through sensors in smart phones. It is called MyShake. It is the work of four researchers at the University of California,Berkeley. They said they created

a worldwide warning system that would _42 people and give them time to prepare. The MyShake app is _43 only for Android phones.

Smart phones are _44 accelerometers (加速度感应器). These instruments measure

movement, like that of a car or airplane. MyShake uses phone accelerometers to

measure seismic(地震的) activity. It has been _45 to know the difference between normal activity and earthquake movement. The software developers say their app is right 93 percent of the time.

A smart phone sends seismic information to the app developers. If the developers receive several notifications _46 , it recognizes that an earthquake might be taking place or will take place soon.

Using information sent from the app, the network then _47 the location and strength of the quake in real time. MyShake can record magnitude earthquakes at distances of 10 kilometers or less.

MyShake uses very _48 power, according to its developers. Only when seismic activity is _49 by the app does it become active and sends data to the network.The app works best when your phone is resting on a _50 surface, like a table.

The developers hope that MyShake can add to information collected by the . Geological Survey. That . agency has created the Earthquake Early Warning System, also

_51 EEW. The EEW has deployed (部署) sensors for measuring quakes in many areas.

In places where no such equipment _52 , MyShake may be the only method of early quake _53 . The app also shows ways to stay safer during an earthquake. The developers say it will become more effective as more people use it.

“Our goal is to build a worldwide seismic network and use the data to _54 the effects of earthquakes on us as individuals and on society as a whole,” say the researchers.

The developers say they hope to add a feature that would _55 people about

a possible tsunami: a huge wave after an earthquake.

41. A. reports B. recognizes C. reveals D. reviews

42. A. infer B. include C. influence D. inform

43. A. acquired B. available C. affordable D.

44. A. equipped with B. made up of C. filled with D. in need of

45. A. programmed B. protected C. prohibited D. promised

46. A. from different B. from one area

C. from the same phone

D. from another developer

47. A. controls B. connects C. estimates D. receives

48. A. much B. little C. excessive D. green

49. A. activated B. sensed C. resisted D. issued

50. A. low B. wooden C. high D. flat

51. A. honored with B. called for C. known as D. defined as

52. A. exists B. forms C. counts D. exploits

53. A. protection B. diagnosis C. detection D. resistance

54. A. raise B. receive C. record D. reduce

55. A. confirm B. appoint C. alert D.

Section B

Directions: Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.

(A)

Learning how to cope with death has always been a central part of human existence. Even the Pixar movie Coco bases its story on the Mexican traditions of Dia de los Muertos. In this article, you will find out why and how Mexicans celebrate the Day of the Dead.

I once visited the Museum of Mummies in the Mexican city of Guanajuato with a Swedish friend. The mummies were displayed among fake cobwebs ( 蜘蛛网 ), and other cheap adornments (装饰物). Confronted with this seeming lack of respect for the dead, I explained to my shocked companion that Mexicans have a peculiarly different relationship with death to other cultures. As the Nobel Prize-winning Mexican writer Octavio Paz explained in his work:

“The Mexican ... is familiar with death, j okes about it, caresses it, sleeps with it, and celebrates it. True, there is as much fear in his attitude as in that of others, but at least death is not hidden away: he looks at it

face to face, with impatience, disdain (鄙视) or irony.”

The celebration of the Day of the Dead — a week of festivities from 28 October to 2November — is an essential part of this embracement of death that

is particular to Mexican national identity. The popular belief is that the dead have divine permission to visit friends and relatives on earth and enjoy once again the pleasures of life. Therefore, Mexicans visit the graves of families and friends and adorn them with colorful flowers and offerings of food. The period is a joyous celebration of life, rather than a sober mourning of its passing.

The origins of the festival lie in the 16th-century fusion of the Aztecs’belief in death as merely one part in the wider cycle of existence, their ritual venerations (仪式崇拜) and offerings to the goddess Mictecacihuatl (“Lady of the Dead”) for the deceased, and the Spanish

conquerors’ desire to accommodate these festivities within the Catholic celebrations of All Saints’Day and All Souls’ Day.

In a country as socially and geographically diverse as Mexico, there is significant regional variation in the nature of festivities: the southern state of Chiapas is far more likely to focus its efforts on processions ( 队伍) and public commemorations( 纪念) of death than the valley of

Mexico, where the decoration of altars ( 供坛 ) in homes and tombs of the deceased is more

popular. Urbanization, too, plays a large role in regional variations. For the south and rural areas the period holds far greater social and cultural significance than in the north and large cities;families and communities in rural areas will often spend large parts of the year preparing for the occasion.

56.Why does the author say “Mexicans have a peculiarly different relationship with death to other cultures”

A.B ecause Mexicans always show their respect for death in the form of mummies.

B.B ecause Mexicans do not fear death or respect it.

C.B ecause adornments like flowers can be seen everywhere during the Day of the

Dead.

D.M exicans face death bravely rather than hide it away.

57.W hich statement is NOT true according to the origins of the Day of the Dead

A.I t was the Aztecs who determined how to celebrate the Day of the Dead.

B.T he Aztecs believed death was part of the wider cycle of existence.

C.T he Aztecs would give offerings to the goddess of death for their lost loved

ones.

D.T he Spanish conquerors wanted to fit the festivities into some of their

Catholic celebrations.

58.W hy do Mexicans visit the graves of families and friends and offer colorful

flowers and food

A.B ecause they can ask God to permit the dead to visit them in this way.

B.T o celebrate the joy of new life in spring.

C.B ecause the dead will be permitted to visit their families and enjoy the

pleasure of life again.

D.B ecause this is an essential part of embracement of death.

59.Which of the following explains the role that urbanization plays in the regional variations of celebrating the Day of the Dead

A.P eople in the south and rural areas put more emphasis on the occasion.

B.P eople in the valleys usually decorate the alters in homes and the tombs of

the dead.

C.P eople in the north and big cities spend large part of the year preparing

for the celebration.

D.T he southern states do not care about the decoration of alters at home.

(B)

This booklet, prepared by the National

Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), provides an

overview on depression. It will help you learn the

things that everyone should know about depression.

1.This booklet is intended for informational

purposes only and should not be considered a

guide for making medical decisions. For more

information on depression, please visit the NIMH

website at is a real illness.

Sadness is something we all experience. It is a normal reaction to difficult times in life and usually passes with a little time. When a person has depression, however, it interferes with daily life and normal functioning. Doctors call this condition “depressive disorder.”It is a real illness. Many factors may play a role in depression.

Causes of Depression

(1)Genetics, brain biology and chemistry

(2)Life events such as trauma, loss of a loved one

(3) A difficult

relationship

(4)Early childhood experience

(5)Chronic illness, drug and alcohol abuse

(6)Any stressful

situation

2.D epression affects people in different ways.

Not everyone who is depressed experiences every symptom. Some people experience only a few symptoms; others have many. The seriousness and frequency of symptoms, and how long they last, vary depending on the individual and the stage of the illness.

Symptoms of Depression

(1)Feelings of guilt, sadness, worthlessness, helplessness or hopelessness

(2)Loss of interest or pleasure in hobbies and activities

(3)Difficulty concentrating, remembering, making decisions

(4)Persistent aches or pains

(5)Insomnia

(6)Appetite and/ or weight changes

(7)Consistent fatigue and decreased energy

(8)Thoughts of death or suicide, suicide attempts

3.Depression is

treatable.

Depression, even the most serious cases, can be treated. The earlier treatment begins, the more effective it will be.

Dealing With

Depression

Reach out and stay connected: Make real-life communication a priority!

Spend time with other people and confide in a trusted friend or relative.

Let them help you.

Try to be active and exercise: Aim for at least 30 minutes of exercise every day. This does not have to be all at once. A ten-minute walk can improve your mood for two hours.

Eat a healthy and mood-boosting diet: Reduce foods that contain caffeine, alcohol, trans fats,and foods with high levels of chemical preservatives as well as sugars.

Get a daily dose of sunlight: Sunlight can help improve your mood.

Whenever possible, get outside during daylight hours and expose yourself to the sun.

Challenge negative thinking: Nothing is as bad as it seems at first. Try to move your focus away from concentrating on what is bad in your life.

Find professional help: If none of the above tips help, do not wait for the symptoms to disappear. Seek professional help.

4.Y ou are not alone.

In addition to your treatment, you could also join a support group. At the meetings, people share experiences, feelings, information, and coping strategies for living with depression.

Depression Around the World

Nearly seven percent of American teens and adults are currently living with depression.

About 300 million people around the world are suffering from depression.

60.A ccording to the article, depression is NOT something that .

① makes a person feel a little bit sad

② always has a clear cause

③ a person can get rid of

④ happens to a small group of people

A. ①②③

B. ①②④

C. ①③④

D. ②③④

61.A ccording to the article, who might be suffering from depression

A.A teenager who frequently complained of stomachaches before going to

school and preferred to stay in her room alone.

B.A firefighter who had a sleepless night after a tough task.

C.A mother who felt really exhausted after helping her child with her homework.

D.A n old man who had no appetite for his favorite food and decided to try a

new diet.

62.I f you had a friend who was living with depression, you should probably

suggest he .

A.m ake an overseas trip all by himself

B.s tay at the gym and work out day and night

C.c oncentrate on the negative feelings and try to overcome them

D.t ake professional advice and accept medical intervention

(C)

On Wednesday, two things happened. In Syria, 80 people were killed by government airstrikes. Meanwhile, in Florida, Elon Musk’s SpaceX successfully launched and fired a sports car into space. Guess which story has dominated mainstream news sites

The launch of Musk’s Falcon Heavy rocket, the most powerful ever launched by a private company, went off successfully. Musk sent his cherry-red Tesla roadster running toward Mars,launching “a new space age”.The event attracted phenomenal publicity and made the rocket launch a masterstroke of advertising for Tesla.

Meanwhile, in Syria, where hundreds of thousands of refugees may be forced to return to unsafe homes, a UN human rights coordinator for Syria said despondently(沮丧地) that he was no longer sure why he bothers to videotape the effects of bombing, since nobody ever pays attention: He wondered what level of violence it would take to make the world care.

There is, perhaps, no better way to appreciate the tragedy of 21st-century global inequality than by watching a billionaire spend $90m launching a $100,000 car into space.

Musk said he wanted to participate in a space race because “races are exciting” and that while strapping his car to a rocket may be “silly and fun … silly and fun things are important”.Thus, anyone who mentions the huge waste the project involves, or the various social uses to which these resources could be put, can be dismissed as a killjoy.

But one doesn’t have to hate fun to question the justification for pursuing a costly new

space race at exactly this moment. If we examine the situation honestly, it becomes hard to defend a project like this.

A mission to Mars does indeed sound exciting, but it’s important to have our priorities straight. First, perhaps we could make it so that a child no longer dies of malaria every two minutes. Or we could try to address the level of poverty in Alabama which has become so extreme that the UN investigator did not believe it could occur in a first-world country. Perhaps when violence, poverty and disease are solved, then we can head for the stars.

Many might think that what Elon Musk chooses to do with his billions is Elon Musk’s business alone. If he wanted to spend all his money on medicine for children, that would be nice,but if he’d like to spend it making big explosions and sending his convertible on a million-mile space voyage, that’s his right.

But Musk is only rich enough to afford these money-consuming projects because we have allowed social inequalities to arise in the first place. If wealth were actually distributed fairly in this country, nobody would be in a position to fund his own private space program.

Elon Musk is right: silly and fun things are important. But some of them are an indefensible waste of resources. While there are still humanitarian crises such as that in Syria, nobody can justify vast spending on rocketry experiments.

63.W hy does the writer mention the two pieces of news at the beginning of the

passage

A.T o highlight the significance of SpaceX’s successful launch of a rocket

and a car into space.

B.To illustrate the inequality of wealth distribution and the consequent

inequality of attention distribution.

C.T o appeal to the government for more attention to the air strikes and

refugee crisis in Syria.

D.T o find out which news dominated the mainstream news sites.

64.W hy did the UN human rights coordinator for Syria feel disappointed

A.B ecause nobody appreciated his work and all the efforts he made.

B.B ecause the violence in Syria is not serious enough to make the world care.

C.B ecause however hard he tried, nobody seemed to care about the situation in

Syria.

D.B ecause he had great difficulty videotaping the effects of bombing.

65.W hat is implied in paragraph in 6 and 7

A.T he space project of SpaceX cost the government too much money.

B.A ddressing problems of violence, poverty and diseases should be our top

priority.

C.S pace programs are a waste of money that cannot be justified.

D.I t kills the fun to question the justification of the pursuit of space

programs.

66.W hat does the writer mainly want to tell us

A.W e should pay equal attention to space projects and solving social problems.

B.N o private companies should be allowed to spend money in rocketry

experiments.

C.T he successful launch of SpaceX has distracted the world from more

important things.

D.The money and resources used in space projects could have been used to

deal with various social problems.

Section C

Directions: Complete the following passage by using the sentences in the box. Each sentence can only be used once. Note that there are two sentences more than you need.

adaptations and changed the face of popular culture.

For many, he was the face of Marvel, if not comic books in general, witnessing the company’s rise to become an international media giant. As a writer, editor, publisher and Hollywood executive, he played a critical role in what comic fans call one of the medium’s golden ages.

68 . Lee gave the heroes flaws and insecurities, as well as an awareness of trends, social causes and a sense of humor, trying to “make them real flesh-and-blood characters with personality,” he told The Washington Post in 1992. “That’s what any story should have, but comics didn’t have it until that point. They were all cardboard figures.”

69 . Iron Man, for example, could join forces with the Fantastic Four,and Captain America could find himself a wedding guest alongside Doctor Strange. Lee created a fictional universe for readers to explore — one that made readers buy multiple series to get the whole story.

“I used to think what I did was not very important,”Lee told the Chicago Tribune in 2014.“People are building bridges and participating in medical research, and here I was working on stories about fictional people who do crazy things and wear costumes. But I suppose I have come to realize that entertainment is not easily dismissed.”

Stan Lee was as extraordinary as the characters he created, said Disney chairman and CEO Bob Iger. Indeed, Lee worked tirelessly his whole life creating great characters for the world to enjoy. 70 . His legacy

will outlive us all.

IV.Summary Writing (71)

Directions: Read the following passage. Summarize the main idea and the main point(s) of the passage in no more than 60 words. Use your own words as far as possible.

Standing desks have been praised for their positive effects on physical health, reducing sitting time and lowering certain health risks linked to a sedentary( 久坐的) lifestyle. But could standing desks have positive mental effects