2020届高三英语12月联考试题
2020届高三英语12月联考试题
总分：150分时量：120分钟考试时间2019年12月8日
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。
1. How did the man come to meet the woman?
A. By bus.
B. On foot.
C. By car.
2. What is the woman doing?
A. Making a list.
B. Baking cookies.
C. Shopping for groceries.
3. When will the woman visit Mr. Blair?
A. On Wednesday morning.
B. On Wednesday afternoon.
C. On Friday afternoon.
4. Why does the man change his lifestyle?
A. To stop smoking.
B. To keep his mouth and hands busy.
C. To quit drinking.
5. What are the speakers mainly talking about?
A. A fire.
B. A matchbox.
C. A department store.
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。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小题。
6. When are the speakers going to meet?
A. At 6:00.
B. At 7:15.
C. At 7:30.
7. What does the woman suggest doing after 9:30?
A. Eating out.
B. Seeing a film.
C. Writing a report.
听第7段材料，回答8、9小题。
8. Why does Sandra have a talk with Richard?
A. To leave her job.
B. To apply for volunteer work.
C. To take part in a sports project.
9. What is Richard’s attitude towards Sandra’s decision?
A. Skeptical.
B. Supportive.
C. Uninterested. 听第8段材料，回答第10至12小题。
10. What was the woman doing when the accident happened?
A. Driving a car.
B. Going to Lake Street.
C. Waiting for the green light.
11. Which car ran away after the accident?
A. The one driving west.
B. The one driving north.
C. The one driving on Fifth Street.
12. What do we know about the car going through the red light?
A. It was a red car.
B. The driver was a woman.
C. There was no passenger in it.
听第9段材料，回答第13至16小题。
13. What problem does the man have?
A. He is wondering how to turn in his college application.
B. He doesn’t know how to give his personal statement.
C. No one wants to write recommendation letters for him.
14. What is the woman’s advice?
A. Just being honest.
B. Studying harder.
C. Choosing a career early.
15. What might the man write his essay about?
A. What to major in.
B. His unknown future.
C. His high school experience.
16. Who is Mrs. Watson?
A. The man’s math teacher.
B. The man’s English teacher.
C. The man’s drama teacher.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20小题。
17. Where is the speaker?
A. On Stage 3.
B. On Stage 2.
C. On Stage 1.
18. What can adults do in the organizer’s office?
A. Get first aid.
B. Use public telephones.
C. Collect their lost children.
19. What should people do when leaving the stadium?
A. Be as quiet as possible.
B. Go to the northeast of Stage 2.
C. Use the side entrance next to the car park.
20. When does the speaker give this talk?
A. After the performances.
B. During the performances.
C. Before the performances.
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。
A
KIPP schools work closely with families to create a welcoming school environment where students can succeed. Through phone calls, e-mails, home visits, and parent-teacher conferences, KIPP schools regularly communicate with families about their child’s academic development to help students from educationally undeserved communities develop the knowledge, skills, character, and habits needed to succeed in college and the competitive world beyond.
Enroll（注册）at a KIPP school
KIPP schools are tuition-free, public schools open to all students. To enroll your child in a KIPP school, please contact the school in your community directly by phone or e-mail.
A safe and structured environment
Students need physical and emotional safety in order to take risks and learn from their successes and their mistakes. Our schools provide an environment with minimal distractions(干扰) and more time for academics, so our students love school and maximize their learning.
A three-way partnership
By choosing KIPP, students, parents, and teachers make a commitment to excellence. All three parties are in it together. They sign an agreement called the “Commit ment to Excellence”, which ensures that each will do whatever it takes to help the student learn.
All KIPP schools share a common approach and yet every KIPP school is unique. Tour a school to better understand the culture, schedule and curriculum.
21. How do KIPP schools keep in touch with children’s families?
A. By ringing, e-mailing them, holding parent-teacher meetings, etc.
B. Through home visits, e-mails, interviews, etc.
C. By talking face to face, writing letters, etc.
D. Through debates, phones, meetings, etc.
22. Who are allowed to be admitted to KIPP schools?
A. Students from all classes.
B. Students with good talents.
C. Students from poor families.
D. Students with special education.
23. What is the purpose of the last part of the passage?
A. To attract tourists.
B. To make a summary.
C. To introduce the school.
D. To make a suggestion.
B
A 9-year-old child prodigy(神童) from Belgium is more than a decade ahead of his peers as he’s set to graduate from college next month, ac cording to a new report.
Laurent Simons, who is studying electrical engineering at Eindhoven University of Technology, is set to finish his degree by December, CNN reported.
The young genius will then go for his PhD in electrical engineering, while also working for a degree in medicine.
Prestigious universities like Cambridge, Harvard around the world have already reached out to recruit Laurent, but his parents, Lydia and Alexander Simons, wouldn’t say where the youngster plans to pursue his next degree.
La urent’s grandparents were the first to recognize he had a gift, his parents told CNN.
“They noticed something very special about Laurent,” Lydia said.
Then his teachers confirmed he was no ordinary student.
“They told us he is like a sponge,” Alexander told CNN.
The absorption of information is no problem for Laurent.
Laurent comes from a family of doctors — but his parents are still grappling to explain how he absorbs knowledge so quickly.
“I ate a lot of fish during the pregnancy,” Lydia joked.
Sjoerd Hulshof, an education director for the electrical engineering bachelor’s program at the university, told CNN that Laurent is “simply extraordinary.” “Laurent is the fastest student we have ever had here,”he said. “Not only is he hyper intelligent but also a very sympathetic boy.”
The university has allowed Laurent to complete his studies faster than others —which Hulshof said is “not unusual.”
24. What does the underlined word “prestigious” most probably mean?
A. respected and admired
B. meaningful and expensive
C. ideal and unforgettable
D. valuable and luxurious
25. Who first discovered that Laurent Simons was gifted?
A. his parents
B. his teachers
C. his grandparents
D. his peers
26. Which of the following best describes Laurent Simons EXCEPT ___________?
A. intelligent
B. sympathetic
C. extraordinary
D. stubborn
27. We can learn from the passage that ___________.
A. Laurent will continue his schooling for his PHD in Eindhoven University of Technology.
B. Eindhoven University of Technology absolutely lies in Belgium.
C. The reason for Laurent’s being smart is that his mother ate enough fish before giving birth to him.
D. Besides electrical engineering, Laurent is also interested in other science fields.
C
The hands of nature have always sculpted works of breathtaking beauty, creating an unusual sight at the home of Santa Claus.
A rare collection of “ice eggs”recently took over a beach in Finland, the result of highly particular conditions according to The Guardian.
Amateur photographer Risto Mattila was among those who came across the icy balls on Hailuoto Island in the Gulf of Bothnia between Finland and Sweden.
“The biggest of the eggs was about the size of a football,” Mattila told The Guardi an. “It was an amazing view. I have never seen that phenomenon before.”
The “eggs” are created by a rare process in which small pieces of ice are rolled over by wind and water, experts said. It needs the right air temperature (below zero, but only a bit), the right water temperature (near freezing point), a shallow and gently sloping sandy beach and calm waves, maybe a light swell, said Jouni Vainio, an ice specialist at the Finnish Meteorological Institute.
It also needs something to act as the core. The core begins to collect ice around it and the swell moves it along the beach, forward and backward. A small ball’s surface gets wet, freezes and becomes bigger, Vainio added.
Autumn is the perfect season to observe the phenomenon, according to James Carter, emeritus professor of geography-geology at Illinois State University, as this is when ice starts to form on the surface of water, causing a form of slush when moved by waves.
Similar sights have also been found in Russia and on Lake Michigan near Chicago. Back in 2016, local residents of Nyda in Siberia saw giant balls of ice and snow covering an 18-kilometer stretch of coastline, ranging from the size of a tennis ball to almost 1 meter across. Chinese netizens, stunned by the magic of nature, said everyone is duty-bound to protect the environment so nature will reward us with more surprises. Some would like to touch these icy balls themselves, joking that “If there are ice eggs, there are ice chickens.”
28. How are the ice eggs formed?
A. Small pieces of ice are rolled over by wind and water.
B. They are set by photographer Risto Mattila.
C. Little cores begin to collect snow around them and the swell moves them along the beach.
D. Drops of cold rain get frozen and then roll to the beach.
29. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
A. People can enjoy the unusual sights in different parts of the world.
B. The formation of ice eggs needs a lot of conditions.
C. The appearance of ice eggs shows a disastrous phenomenon.
D. Some specialists began to do some research about the unusual phenomenon.
30. What do people suggest by saying “If there are ice eggs, there are ice chickens.” ?
A. Chickens hatch out of eggs.
B. If everyone protects the environment, nature will reward us with more surprises.
C. Nature can create both eggs and chickens.
D. In future, ice eggs and ice chickens will appear at the same time.
31. Where is this text most likely from?
A. A diary.
B. A guidebook.
C. A novel.
D. A web page.
D
AIDS may be one of the most undesirable diseases in the world. Luckily, there is now hope for AIDS patients.
According to a recent paper published in the New England Journal of Medicine, Chinese scientists have successfully used CRISPR technology – a method of gene editing –to treat a patient with HIV. While it may not have cured the patient fully, it still represents a huge step forward in fighting the disease.
The patient was a 27-year-old Chinese man who was diagnosed with both AIDS and acute lymphoblastic leukemia (急性淋巴细胞白血病), a type of blood cancer. Despite his hopeless situation, doctors offered him a glimmer of hope: a bone marrow (骨髓) transplant to treat his cancer and an experimental treatment for his HIV.
They used this opportunity to edit the DNA in bone marrow stem cells from a donor before transplanting the cells into the patient.
Specifically, the treatment involved using the gene-editing tool CRISPR-Cas9 to delete a gene known as CCR5, which encodes a protein that HIV uses to get inside human cells. Without the gene, HIV is unable to infiltrate cells.
Talking about the gene, lead scientist Deng Hongkui told CNN, “After being edited, the cells — and the blood cells they produce — have the ability to resist HIV infection.”
Nineteen months after the trea tment, the patient’s leukemia was in complete remission (缓解) and donor cells without CCR5 remained, according to the research paper.
Though the transplant did not cure the man’s HIV, it still showed the effectiveness of gene-editing technology, as there was no indication of any unintended genetic alterations – a major concern with past gene therapy experiments.
Amesh Adalja, a senior scholar at the Johns Hopkins Centre for Health Security in the United States, who was not involved in the study, praised the treatment.
“They did a very innovative experiment. It was safe,” he told Live Science. “It should be viewed as a success.”
Deng believes gene-editing technology could “bring a new dawn” to blood-related diseases such as AIDS and sickle cell anemia (镰刀形细胞性贫血).
“Thanks to this new technology, the goal of a functional cure for AIDS is getting closer and closer,” he said.
32. The technology of CRISPR is to ___________.
A. transplant cells
B. encode genes
C. remove proteins
D. produce cells
33. What was the result of the treatment?
A. CCR5 and other genes in the patient’s cells were changed.
B. The number of cells infected by HIV decreased.
C. Some of the patient’s blood cells could resist HIV infection.
D. HIV no longer existed in the patient’s cells.
34. What do we know about the experiment?
A. It provided an innovative way to cure AIDS patients.
B. It pointed out the problems of gene therapy.
C. It could offer a safe treatment for blood-related diseases.
D. It’s the first experiment to use gene-editing technology to treat AIDS.
35. Which is the best title of the passage?
A. A New Treatment to Patients
B. New Hope for HIV Patients
C. A New Medical Invention
D. New Technology, New Hope
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。
It is an issue that is constantly being discussed in the media by politicians, scientists and activists. 36
Essentially, climate change is a long-term shift in average weather patterns and temperatures on a large and global scale.
The huge increase in human contribution to the release of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases means that there has been a global temperature rise and consequently changes to our global climate.
37 It saw a boom in large-scale industries and manufacturing but ultimately also saw widespread pollution across the majority of more economically developed countries.
According to the Met Office, the global temperature was stable around 11,000 years before the Industrial evolution. 38
However, since this, the level of carbon dioxide in the air has risen due to the burning of fossil fuels releasing harmful greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide and methane into the air, causing them to build up in the Earth’s atmosphere. 39 How does climate change affect the Earth?
Climate change has been seen to contribute to rising ocean levels, increased acidification of our oceans, and more frequent extreme weather events such as droughts, heatwaves, and flooding.
40
As such, the need to make changes to human activity must be addressed in the near future.
A. These can all contribute to food insecurity, global conflicts, migration and
so on.
B. Therefore, global warming is seen as a major component of climate change.
C. It was 14°C on average.
D. But what exactly is climate change?
E. So what can humans do to prevent climate change?
F. The Industrial Revolution brought humans lots of benefits.
G. It became more of an issue as a result of the Industrial Revolution in the 1800s.
第三部分语言知识运用(共两节，满分45分)
第一节 (共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30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。
Learning any language is hard, but learning English can be especially 41 . Why? Because native speakers use the language in ways that 42 could never describe.
43 , words that British people use cause many language students to 44 their heads.
Here’s a/an 45 : You overhear a Briton calling someone a “wazzock”. But what 46 is a wazzock? This word, in fact, 47 a foolish person, although there’s nothing about it that would help you gue ss that. There are many strange 48 like this in British English—the Oxford English Dictionary would be much smaller without these peculiar(古怪的) usages filling its pages.
How can these odd words be 49 ? Part of the answer is the British sense of humor. Britons don’t like to
50 things too seriously, and this is evident through many British words and phrases. For example, to “spend a penny” means to use the 51 . It refers to the days when people had to 52 a penny to use a public toilet.
In an interview for the BBC’s website, British linguist David Crystal 53 t h e r e m i g h t b e
54 reasons for the sheer number of odd words and phrases in British English. He thinks that they began in the late 16th and early 17th centuries. This was a great 55 for the theater, when Shakespeare and other writers worked hard to 56 the demand for new plays. The theater’s popularity also created an incentive(刺激) to 57 new words.
With this in 58 , perhaps Shakespeare and his peers are to blame for 59 British words such as “codswallop” and “balderdash” — which both, ironically, mean “nonsense”.
While these strange words may be 60 to non-native speakers, they certainly make studying English a lot more interesting.
41. A. demanding B. challenging C. caring D. promising
42. A. handbooks B. storybooks C. textbooks D. notebooks
43. A. In short B. In particular C. In despair D. In public
44. A. scratch B. nod C. touch D. raise
45. A. idea B. reason C. problem D. example
46. A. simply B. punctually C. extremely D. exactly
47. A. shows B. means C. illustrates D. expresses
48. A. idioms B. sayings C. terms D. sounds
49. A. originated B. commented C. explained D. condemned
50. A. take B. make C. set D. put
51. A. bedroom B. living room C. waiting room D. bathroom
52. A. hit B. pay C. cost D. get
53. A. suggested B. confirmed C. doubted D. questioned
54. A. political B. historical C. psychological D. technological
55. A. height B. pace C. age D. platform
56. A. come up with B. get along with C. communicate with D. keep up with
57. A. read B. write C. invent D. spot
58. A. heart B. eyes C. ears D. mind
59. A. unusual B. unpopular C. unimportant D. unnecessary
60. A. confusing B. upsetting C. annoying D. interesting
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。
If you were to eat a bag of candy, you might expect to feel a “sugar rush” 61. ___________ (follow) by a warm glow of satisfaction. 62. ___________ reality, the opposite happens, according to a study. “The idea that sugar can improve m ood 63. ___________ (accept) widely so far,” said lead author Dr. Konstantinos Mantantzis. “Our findings 64. ___________ (clear) show that such claims are not testified－if anything, sugar will probably make you feel 65. ___________ (bad) than before.” The research reviewed 31 different studies, 66. ___________ (account) for over 1,250 participants. It investigated the effects of soluble carbohydrates (溶解性碳水化合物), including sugars and starches, on various 67. ___________ (aspect) of mood. Within just half an hour after eating sugar, most people started to experience a sense of tiredness, compared with those 68. ___________ took a placebo (无效对照剂). It seems that eating sugar won’t result in any substantial level of increasing satisfaction or sense of well-being. Not only is the idea of “a sugar rush” a myth, the researchers argue, it could also be a factor in 69. ___________ rise of obesity and diabetes. “We hope that our findings will go a long way to dispel the myth of the “sugar rush” and inform public health policies to decrease sugar 70. ___________ (consume).”
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:把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉。
修改:在错的词下划一横线，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。
The mascot (吉祥物) for the 2022 Winter Olympic Games officially makes its public appearance on Tuesday. It is a cartoon character inspiring by giant pandas. The smiling panda is named with Bing Dwen Dwen in Chinese. Colorful circle around its face symbolize skating tracks and 5G technology. Bing is the Chinese word for “ice”, shows purity and strength, and Dwen Dwen means security, liveliness and health —also characteristics of pandas. Perhaps pandas are the animals most easy recognized by us in China. A mascot combines our traditional culture and how pandas look like with winter sports elements. The image show our great expectation of the Games and that our Chinese welcome the world.
第二节书面表达(满分25分)
假定你是光明中学的学生会主席李华。一批来自美国的高中生将在你校开展为期两周的交流活动，你将在欢迎会上致辞。请根据以下提示写一篇英文发言稿。
1. 学校概况；
2. 活动内容；
3. 祝愿与期望。
注意：
1. 词数不少于100；
2. 可适当加入细节，使内容充实、行文连贯；
3. 开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。
Dear friends,
Welcome to our school!
____________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________ ___________
________________________________________________________________________________ ___________
________________________________________________________________________________ ___________
Thank you!
湖南省湘东七校2019年下期高三联考
英语试题参考答案
第一部分听力(共两节，满分30分)
1-5 BACAA 6-10 BAABC 11-15 BCBAB 16-20 BCCAC
第二部分阅读理解(共两节，满分40分)
21-23 AAD 24-27 ACDD 28-31 ACBD 32-35 BCCB 36-40 DGCBA
第三部分语言知识运用(共两节，满分45分)
第一节 (共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)
41-45 BCBAD 46-50 DBCCA 51-55 DBABC 56-60 DCDAA
第二节 (共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分)
61. followed 62. In 63. has been accepted 64. clearly
65. worse 66. accounting 67. aspects 68. who 69. the 70. consumption
PS：大小写错误不计分。
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)
1. 第一句makes→made
2. 第二句inspiring→inspired
3. 第三句去掉with
4. 第四句circle→circles
5. 第五句 shows前加which，或shows→showing
6. 第六句easy→easily
7. 第七句A→The；8. how→what或去掉like
9. 第八句show→shows；10. our→we
PS：大小写错误不计分。
第二节书面表达(满分25分) 略。