浠水实验高中2020届高三八月月考
英语试题
第一部分听力（共两节，满分30分）
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. What does the man want to do?
A. Watch a movie.
B. Visit his brother.
C. Have dinner with the woman.
2. Where does the conversation take place?
A. At a shop.
B. At a restaurant.
C. At a concert.
3. How many pieces will the man eat?
A. Six.
B. Four.
C. Two.
4. How has the bar changed?
A. It is cleaner.
B. It has new owners.
C. It doesn't serve sunflower seeds.
5. What's the probable relationship between the speakers?
A. Teacher and student.
B. Salesman and customer.
C. Interviewer and interviewee.
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题。
6. What is the man mainly talking about?
A. Silences.
B. Japanese culture.
C. Interesting facts.
7. How does the woman feel in the end?
A. Annoyed.
B. Satisfied.
C. Curious.
听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。
8. What does the woman plan to do?
A. Rent an apartment.
B. Have a business meeting.
C. Meet her wedding planner.
9. How late will the woman be for her appointment?
A. Five minutes.
B. Ten minutes.
C. At least fifteen minutes.
听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。
10. What will the woman do?
A. See a doctor.
B. Go shopping.
C. Withdraw some money.
11. Where is the doctor's office?
A. Near the bank.
B. Near the post office.
C. Near the supermarket.
12. What is the woman happy about?
A. Going downtown.
B. Finishing some tasks.
C. Spending time with the man.
听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。
13. What have the woman made for breakfast?
A. Bacon and Juice.
B. Noodles and fruit.
C. Just coffee with no sugar.
14. What information is on the container?
A. The low amount of fat.
B. The amount of real juice.
C. The percent of vitamin
D.
15. How much sugar should men have per day?
A. Thirty grams.
B. Twenty-five grams.
C. Forty grams.
16. What food might the man like best?
A. Yogurt.
B. Vegetables.
C. Noodles and bread.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17. What is the main purpose of the loud noises?
A. To tell people outdoors to get inside.
B. To get people's attention inside their homes.
C. To inform people without radios about danger.
18. Who decides to turn on the system?
A. Local media.
B. City officials.
C. The national weather service.
19. Where does the speaker advise people to go after hearing a warning?
A. To a window.
B. To a public shelter.
C. Go to the inside of a building.
20. What is the main topic of the talk?
A. Weather report.
B. A warning system.
C. The safety steps in bad weather.
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
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22. A writer working for WoWee Magazine can ______ ．
A. bring a parent
B. receive free tickets to events
C. choose working hours
D. get a free uniform
23. What can we learn about the jobs from the job postings？
A. The model opportunity is only meant for adults．
B. There is no need to be trained as a support worker．
C. Applicants to WoWee Magazine should be sociable and enthusiastic．
D. Employees at Coffee Beans have few management opportunities．
B
I can proudly say that last year I broke the record for the oldest person in the world to ride a roller-coaster. I'm 105, but I feel younger. Even the doctor agrees I'm in good condition. I'm a bit deaf and my legs feel weak, but they are the only issue．
I rode the Twistosaurus at Flamingo Land, which spins you round quite fast. I didn't choose to go on it at first. I had intended to ride a really faster one that went upside down, but I was told I couldn't ride something like that, because my blood pressure could drop and I might have some danger．
I wasn't nervous - I don't get frightened of anything. I was securely
fastened, so I knew I wouldn't fall out. The roller-coaster ride went on for three or four minutes, and it couldn't be a better experience. And I raised a lot of money for the Derbyshire, Leicestershire & Rutland Air Ambulance fund, which was fantastic．
People were saying I'd got a place in the Guinness World Records. Later, someone came to present me with the certificate. I had it on the wall in my living room, with another one that got a year earlier．
My record-breaking ways really began a couple of years ago, with the ice-bucket challenge. It turned out that I was probably the oldest person in the world to do it, and the video was very popular. After that, I stared to think about what else I could do to raise money for different charities．I'm not sure if anyone admires all the fun I'm having. They just say I'm daft and that's about it. But I've had many good days and many exciting times. I've had a really good life. I don't think I've wasted any of it.
24. Why didn't the author choose to go on riding the Twistosaurus？
A. Because he was told not to do so．
B. Because he thought it
spun too fast．
C. Because he considered it gentle．
D. Because he was in a bad physical condition．
25. How did the author most probably react while riding the roller-coaster?
A. He was very worried at first．
B. He really enjoyed
himself．
C. He couldn't think much about it．
D. He got frightened as it started moving．
26. What do you know about the author from Paragraph 4?
A. He set two records in total．
B. He disliked showing
off his success．
C. He was the oldest person in the world．
D. He was eager to get
certificates．
27. Which word can best describe the author?
A. Cooperative．
B. Intelligent．
C. Generous.
D. Optimistic
C
We all have one shirt in the closet that we don't want to get rid of, yet keep around because we can't bear to just throw it in the garbage. We don't wear it any more. Being a little out of style, your old T-shirt needs a new home where it can be appreciated. One city in Toronto has started a project to give it one.
Earlier this year，the Toronto suburb (郊区) of Markham introduced a new program encouraging its residents and residents of nearby suburbs to donate their old unwanted clothing. The program is exceptional because unlike most of those second-hand stores, they are accepting old clothing that isn't quite in perfect condition. It is breathing new life into these typically-trashed items. Contrary to common belief, textiles (纺织品) are not only used for clothing, and these items are being repurposed in a variety of interesting ways.
The city has set up many different donation centers around the suburbs, and residents are encouraged to donate any unwanted textiles they happen to have lying around their house. It's volunteers' duty to divide the donations into different sorts. Those items in usable and good condition are donated to local homeless shelters and other aid centers. Those which are not are shipped off to be used for industrial purposes. Only when there is no more industrial need for fabric and textiles will they begin to use their last place—a landfill outside the city.
The program isn't the city's only green initiative (倡议)．It has already had one of Canada and the world's largest solar panels，and it is said that they are steadily working towards a shift to 100% renewable energy. The city also has subsidized (补助) farmers' markets and over 125 miles of bike paths. As a result，Markham also has a much lower rate of obesity than other Canadian cities. Now，it's working towards another goal—100% recycling of unwanted textiles.
28．What does the underlined word “one” in Paragraph 1 refer to?
A．a shirt. B．a home. C．a city. D．a closet. 29．What do the volunteers do with the unwanted clothing?
A．sort through the donations. B．sell some in good condition. C．share them with poor kids. D．send them for industrial use.
30．What does the author want to say in the last paragraph?
A．The city is working hard to be a green one.
B．The program is more successful than expected.
C．The citizens have fallen in love with the city.
D．The city has been the best place to live in Canada.
31．What is the main idea of this text?
A．Rubbish has been put into wide use in Canada.
B．Old clothes are becoming more useful in Canada.
C．One Canadian city is giving old clothing a new life.
D．Donation centers become popular in Canada.
D
Alison Malmon was completing the end of her freshman year at the University of Pennsylvania, US, when she got the news: Her older brother Brian, a student at Columbia University, was suffering from mental illness.
Influenced by this, Malmon formed a group at her university to enable students to talk openly about mental health. It soon blossomed into a national organization that today has more than 450 campus chapters. Leaders with the organization spend their time talking with college students about the pressure that today’s young people face. “What you hear often is just a need to be perfect,” said Malmon, “and a need to present oneself as perfect.”
And a new study in the UK proved that this need for perfectionism is simply part of today’s society. In the study, two researchers studied more than 40,000 students from the US, Canada, and the UK. They found that what they called “socially-prescribed (社会定向型的) perfectionism” increased by a third between 1989 and 2020.
Lead researcher Thomas Curran said that while so many of today’s young people try to present a perfect appearance online, social media isn’t the only reason behind this trend. Instead, he said, it may be driven by competition in modern so ciety, meaning young people can’t avoid being sorted and ranked in both education and employment. That comes from new norms (准则) like greater numbers of college students, standardized testing and parenting that increasingly emphasizes success in education.
For example, in 1976, half of high school seniors expected to get a college degree of some kind. By 2020, more than 80 percent expected the same. The researchers also said changes in parenting styles over the last two decades might have had an impact. As parents feel increased pressure to raise successful children, they in turn pass their “achievement anxieties” onto their kids through “excessive (过多的) involvement in their child’s routines, activities or emotions.”
Those in the mental health community like Malmon say they’re concerned about the impact the culture of perfectionism has on mental health on campuses.
“Mental health has truly become this generation’s social justice issue,” she said. “It’s our job to equip them with the tools and to let people kn ow that it’s not their fault.”
32. What is the topic of the article?
A. The effects of the culture of perfectionism.
B. A group dedicated to helping people stay mentally healthy.
C. Research into the trend of perfectionism.
D. Various pressures that today’s young people are facing.
33. What inspired Alison Malmon to start a group related to mental health?
A. Her strong interest in mental health.
B. Her project during the freshman year.
C. The pressure she had experienced.
D. Her brother’s mental illness.
34. What may be pushing today’s young people to struggle to be perfect,
according to the article?
a. The impact of social media.
b. Parents’ high expectations of their children.
c. The decreasing number of college students.
d. The fierce competition in society.
e. Their desire to draw their parents’ attention.
A. a, b, d
B. a, d, e
C. a, b, c
D. b, c, e
35. What does Malmon think is a way to help young people manage the pressure
of perfectionism?
A. Making them aware of what true social justice is.
B. Lowering their expectations of themselves.
C. Reducing parents’ involvement in their children’s life.
D. Enabling them to know what is to blame for their pressure.
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。并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Television is everywhere around us. Yet it is great for learning English. The pictures make it easier to understand than radio and because you can see who's talking, and get a better idea of what people mean. Just watch their “body language”! Watch programs that you find enjoyable and entertaining. _____36 . Here's the https://www.doczj.com/doc/3c3358483.html, guide to learning as much as possible while watching English television:
37 .Learning English should be fun—not something that you have to force yourself to do. If you have a passion for football, watch matches or the sports news.
Keep a notebook near to your television. 38 . This is especially useful. You can look for programs with subtitles in your own language.
Try to watch English television regularly. Even if you can only watch 15 minutes a day, you'll be amazed how much you learn.
Don't worry if you don't understand everything. English television is normally aimed at native English speakers. 39 . If the programs that you're watching are full of unknown words, just concentrate on understanding the general meaning.
Keep a note of television programs and presenters that you find easy to understand and try to watch them regularly. 40 . Soon you will impress your friends with your English skills.
A. Better watch programs that you find interesting.
B. Don't watch the programs too easy for you.
C. You can take down any new words or expressions that you hear.
D. English learning has little to do with watching TV.
E. Doing this will increase your confidence in learning English.
F. Whatever you watch will help you improve your English.
G. Programs often include many difficult words.
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。
Greenberg was a lucky guy to enter Columbia University on full scholarship. But just before junior year, Greenberg's 41_____changed. One day his vision " 42______up" and later he was diagnosed （诊断）with glaucoma （青光眼）.Then doctors operated on Greenberg's eyes. 43 ___, the surgery didn't work. Greenberg was going blind. He was so 44___ that he refused to see anyone．
As Greenberg' s best friend, Arthur persuaded Greenberg to go back to Columbia and 45 to be his reader. Arthur read 46____ to him every day, taking time out from his own study, and Greenberg 47__ scoring straight As. Still, he was 48 __ about getting around alone and relied on his friend．Then, one afternoon, Greenberg and Arthur went to Midtown Manhattan. When
it was time to go back to campus, Arthur said he couldn’t49 ____him because
of an appointment. Greenberg 50____. They argued, and Arthur walked off, 51 __ Greenberg alone in Grand Central Terminal．
Greenberg, who was completely 52__, stumbled (蹒跚) through the rush-hour crowd. He took a shuttle train west to Times Square, and then transferred to an uptown train. Four miles later, he 53___ at the Columbia University stop．
At the university's gates, someone 54 him. "Oops, excuse me, sir." Greenberg 55 the voice. It was Arthur's. Greenberg's first reaction was
56_____, but in the next second, he realized what he had just 57___and realized, too, who had made it possible. 58 ___, Arthur had been with him the whole way, using one of the most 59 ____strategies．
Blindness doesn't make Greenberg fail to appreciate the 60 ___of life. He always says he is the luckiest man in the world．
41. A. faith B. attitude C. reputation D. fortune
42. A. steamed B. cleared C.lit D. cheered
43. A. Moreover B. However C. Therefore D. Otherwise
44. A. shy B. selfish C. desperate D. nervous
45. A. learned B. pretended C. happened D. offered
46. A. letters B. newspapers C. textbooks D. magazines
47. A. imagined B. carried on C. ended up D. considered
48. A. curious B. confident C. excited D. tentative
49. A. rescue B. accompany C. comfort D. abandon
50. A. explained B. apologized C. panicked D. compromised
51. A. consulting B. leaving C. finding D. serving
52. A. confused B. amused C. satisfied D. tired
53. A. got off B. pulled over C. looked around D. ran away
54. A. turned to B. shouted at C. knocked into D. quarreled with
55. A. raised B. recognized C. controlled D.
lost
56. A. pleasure B. sorrow C. relief D. anger
57. A. missed B. questioned C. ignored D.
achieved
58. A. Gradually B. Obviously C. Finally D. Strangely
59. A. brilliant B. familiar C. defensive D.
complex
60. A. magic B. truth C. wisdom D. beauty
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。
There is a small but growing movement in America of many 61 ______（ family） that want to reduce waste to zero. 62 _______（ they） goal of producing no trash is probably impossible to reach. Some come close, reducing a year's worth of trash to only a few things 63 __________can fit into a small container. All other things, they say, can be recycled or composted．
Zero Wasters, as they are called, help each other by sharing advice on blogs and social media. A lot of people have given 64 ______（ value） advice on the subject recently. Some of the advice 65__________(include) where to buy things to avoid unwanted packaging and how to recycle things that most people throw away．
Bea Johnson, a housewife, says that reducing shopping means her family has more money for fun vacations 66__________ ever before. She, who is 67__________（ satisfy）with the fact, says all their clothing comes from used clothing stores. She says that has reduced her household spending 68_________ 40 percent.
Zero Wasters suggest 69 _________（ talk） about five "Rs" that describe
what they do: Refuse, Reduce, Reuse, Recycle and Rot. They request that the remaining food 70__________（ keep）selectively and refuse containers at restaurants．
第四部分写作（共两节，满分35分）第一节短文改错（共10小题；每题1分，共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。
I'm glad to hear that you are considering make up with Peter. If I were you, I would consider a bike for a birthday present．
As far as I know, Peter is always in poor health, so he should take more exercises by riding a bike to have his body build up. Meanwhile, you can often go out by bike together, which was helpful in rebuilding your friendship. Besides, taking a bike is environmentally friendly means of transport. It is convenience to get around as well. Apart from giving him a gift, and you can also adopt other means, such as traveling, seeing a movie, having dinner or going shopping. No matter how you do, being sincere is the most important. Don't hesitate, and try to take action. I really hope that we can make up and be good friends forever．
第二节、书面表达（满分25分）
假定你是李华，下周三美国格雷斯大学乐队（Grace University Band）来你校演出，你需要写一份主持稿以介绍他们，所以请你先给乐队领队Jeff写一封邮件以了解他们的一些信息，邮件的主要内容包括：
1. 请Jeff提供乐队的基本信息(历史，人数，所获荣誉等)；
2. 告诉Jeff看演出的观众构成及人数；
3. 询问当天的演出曲目。注意：1. 词数100左右；2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。