安徽省马鞍山市高三毕业班第一次教学质量监测(一模)英语试题

2020届安徽省马鞍山市高三毕业班第一次教学质量监测（一模）英语试题学校:___________姓名：___________班级：___________考号：___________一、阅读选择Money can buy you a lot of things, but nothing can make you feel as rich in knowledge as a great book. Self-made successful businessmen are generally well-read people. Steve JobsSteve Jobs, who died in 2011, is one of the most important American minds of our time. He was influenced by many books, but Be Here Now by Ram Dass was one of the greatest. Jobs reportedly said of the book, “It changed me and many of my friends for a better life.”Jeff BezosAmazon CEO Jeff Bezos says he learns more from The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro. “If you read The Remains of the Day, which is one of my favorite books, you can’t help but think. I learned something about life and about regret,” Bezos told Newsweek.Mark ZuckerbergThis self-made successful businessman sees Henry Kissinger’s World Order as most helpful in how he deals with business, life, and even parenting. “It’s about foreign relations and how we ca n build peaceful relationships throughout the world,” Zuckerberg wrote for his book club, A Year of Books, on Facebook. “This is important for creating the world we all want for our children, and that’s what I’m thinking about these days.”Bill GatesNot o nly is Factfulness by Hans Rosling one of Bill Gates’ favorite books, but he also says it’s one of the most important he has ever read. “It explains more clearly than almost anything else I’ve read why it’s so difficult for people to understand progress,” Gates said in an interview with Time.1．Who is greatly influenced by The Remains of the Day?A．Steve Jobs. B．Jeff Bezos.C．Mark Zuckerberg. D．Bill Gates.2．What is Zuckerberg’s favorite book mainly about?A．Foreign relations. B．Facebook’s system.C．People’s progress. D．Life regret.3．What is the best title for the text?A．Best Selling Books This Year B．Ways to Become Successful C．Books Favoured by Self-made D．Advice from the Self-madeWashington is home to lots of trees, fireplaces and wood-burning stoves (炉子) too. But what if you lived there and couldn’t cut wood or couldn’t afford to pay someone to do it? Luckily, Shane McDaniel and his twin sons, Harrison and Henry McDaniel, 21, are happy to give a hand. The three men cut truckloads of wood (数货车木头) and then give it to those in need.It was too much for the McDaniels to use themselves, and when the weather turned cold that November, Shane started thinking of others. He posted (发帖子) on Facebook: “If you are in need of firewood and cannot afford it, please message me personally! If you know someone who burns wood, and they’re living in a cold house this holiday season, please help me and my boys make sure no one goes cold in our neighbourhood.”The response (反响) was quick. One man offered to give a wood-burning stove. Others raced over to add wood for the McDaniels. Single mom Katelyn Ticer, 29, and herfour-year-old daughter depend on a wood-burning stove as their only way of heat, so it was a great help to receive a truckload of firewood from the McDa niels before the holidays. “To get that much wood brought me to tears,” she told . “So much pressure and worry is off my shoulders. I couldn’t be more thankful.”4．Why does the McDaniels cut wood?A．To sell it for money. B．To build up their bodies.C．To help those in need. D．To post on Facebook.5．What can we learn from Shane’s post on Facebook?A．He wants to spread his help. B．Wood is expensive in Washington. C．He advertises his wood for sale. D．Wood is necessary in a holiday season. 6．What does Ticer think of the firewood from the McDaniels?A．It has much smoke. B．It brings her pressure.C．It makes her worried. D．It makes her thankful.Have you ever wondered why certain pop songs just make you feel so good? Researchers studying the question found that uncertainty and surprise give listeners the most pleasure. The study included 80,000 chords (和弦) in 745 pop songs between 1958 and 1991.Each song was stripped of its melody (旋律) and lyrics (歌词) so that only chords were left and the results couldn’t be misunderstood by other imaginations of the songs that listeners might have had.They found two things. Listeners got great pleasure from unexpected chords when they knew what would happen. However, they still found it pleasant to hear familiar chords when they did not know what would follow.Vincent Cheung, the lead researcher, said, “Pleasant songs are likely those which keep a good balance (平衡) between knowing what is going to happen next and surprising us with something we did not expect. Understanding how music starts our pleasure system in the brain could explain why listening to music might help us feel better when we are feeling blue.”Cheung told CNN that pleasure in music is connected to expectation. The study before had looked into the effects of surprise on pleasure, but his team’s study also paid attention to the uncertainty of listeners’ expectations.7．What does the underlined word in Paragraph 2 mean?A．Taken. B．Added.C．Played. D．Recorded.8．What does the study find?A．Expected music is exciting. B．Unexpected chords bring pleasure. C．Familiar music is boring. D．Unfamiliar chords are hard to follow. 9．What can we learn about pleasant songs from Cheung’s words?A．They can explain human nature. B．They can improve our pleasure system. C．They make some people feel blue. D．They balance expectation and surprise. 10．What is the purpose of the text?A．To introduce a scientific study’s finding.B．To show music’s importance in our life. C．To compare different studies on music. D．To experiment music in science.二、七选五Children should spend at least one hour playing and spending time in nature each day, according to the Wildlife Trusts (野生生物基金会). The UK organization speaks for 46 groups and 2,300 nature protection areas. 11．The calling comes from a study by University College London. Its 451 students in the study were 8 or 9 years of age. 12．The activities were run by the Wildlife Trusts over thecourse of several weeks, such as learning about plants and trees.13．And they also showed a sense of connection with the natural world and high levels of enjoyment. 90 percent said they learned something new about the natural world; 79 percent felt the experience would help their schoolwork; 14．Perhaps most importantly, 79 percent mentioned they would believe more in themselves.However, parents on their own aren’t giving kids that time. 15．A 2017 report found that less than 10 percent British kids enjoys themselves in nature, compared to 40 percent of adults when they were younger years ago. To improve the situation, the organization is calling on the government to free up a daily hour for nature time for kids.A．Parents care much about their kids’ nature time.B．And the time has been reducing greatly in recent years.C．The children showed a great increase in personal health.D．They were interviewed before and after nature activities.E.81 percent said they had better relationships with their teachers.F.The students are asked to study in University College London for one day.G.It is now calling on the government to include nature time into daily school life.三、完形填空With such a long history and rich culture, Egypt has always attracted me. However, I’ve had no plan of traveling to Egypt because of the stories I’d heard of women having 16 experiences there. But later I 17 some writings about Cairo and I wanted to have a try there by myself. Then when my 18 came, I gave myself a birthday present and booked a 19 to Cairo.I spent 10 days in Egypt and, to my great 20 , everything was fine and smooth, even if 21 at times.I flew to Cairo at the end of April which I think is a pretty good time. The best times to visit Egypt are spring and autumn when the days are at their 22 . The summers can get rather hot in Egypt, and 23 you visit in July or August, the heat is unbearable, making it difficult to 24 .Most people picture pyramids when they 25 Egypt. Just a few minutes south of Cairo on the west bank of the Nile, the Pyramids of Giza (吉萨金字塔群) 26 in the desert. Built about 5,000 years ago, the three large Pyramids of Giza are the most 27places of interest in Egypt, as well as one of the most well-known 28 on the planet. By the way, it’s a(n)29 experience to ride camels while visiting.Egypt was worth all the efforts and I 30 myself there very much, even though on most of the days I was completely tired.16．A．hard B．pleasant C．cheerful D．hopeful 17．A．included B．read C．corrected D．copied 18．A．graduation B．struggle C．birthday D．workday 19．A．train B．car C．flight D．ship 20．A．surprise B．sadness C．anger D．fear 21．A．exciting B．challenging C．forgettable D．valuable 22．A．coldest B．hottest C．worst D．nicest 23．A．before B．after C．although D．if 24．A．attack B．explore C．organize D．arrange 25．A．turn over B．suffer from C．set up D．think about 26．A．land B．disappear C．stand D．fight 27．A．attractive B．peaceful C．natural D．expensive 28．A．systems B．destinations C．dynasties D．mountains 29．A．useless B．scientific C．extraordinary D．endless 30．A．enjoyed B．organized C．harmed D．questioned四、用单词的适当形式完成短文阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。