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1、衡阳市八中2020届高三月考试题 (四)英 语注意事项：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。第卷第一部分听力(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。
2、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 the speakers do today?A. Tour around the city. B. Buy a train ticket. C. Visit a park.2. What did the woman do last weekend?A. She went on a trip. B. She cleaned her kitchen. C. She move
3、d to a new apartment.3. Where did the man work part-time?A. In a department store.B. In a post office. C. In a bank.4. What is the man doing?A. Having a class. B. Reading a book. C. Taking an exam. 5. Where does the conversation take place?A. In a store.B. In a concert. C. In a library. 第二节（共15小题；每小
4、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. Why was Loretta on the news?A. She wrote a song for the TV station.B. She won a music contest.C. She sang a song for charity.7. What does Loretta think of singin
5、g?A. It gives her great pleasure.B. It will make her famous one day.C. It takes too much of her time.听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。8. What relation is Mr. Butler to the woman?A. Her boss. B. Her customer. C. Her workmate.9. What does the man suggest the woman do?A. Do her best to help others.B. Deal with complaint
6、s properly.C. Put Mr. Butlers phone calls through to him.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10. What are the mans hobbies?A. Fishing and stamp collecting. B. Reading and watching TV.C. Watching TV and collecting stamps.11. What does the man say about the woman?A. She is popular. B. She is bad-tempered. C. She lacks p
7、atience.12. Where does the conversation probably take place?A. In a library. B. By a lake. C. At a cinema.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13. What is the most important transportation in Karls village now?A. The plane. B. The bus. C. The boat.14. What type of work do many people in Karls village do now?A. They fis
8、h in a boat. B. They make tools by hand.C. They do business on the Internet.15. What does Karl think of the old lifestyle?A. Easy. B. Exciting. C. Dangerous.16. What is Karl most interested in?A. Modern clothes. B. Computer games. C. Hunting tales.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. What is the weather probably l
9、ike today?A. Rainy.B. Dry. C. Hot. 18. Where did Matt begin his journey?A. In England. B. In California. C. In Hawaii.19. How many hours was Matts longest flight?A. Sixteen and a half hours.B. Sixteen hours. C. Fourteen hours.20. What will Matt do next?A. Interview someone. B. Share his experiences.
10、 C. Plan on another journey.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，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AExhibitions in the British MuseumHokusai: beyond the Great WaveKatsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) is widely regarded as one of Japans most famous and influential artists.He produced wor
11、ks of astonishing quality right up until his death at the age of 90.This new exhibition will lead you on an artistic journey through the last 30 years of Hokusais lifea time when he produced some of his most memorable masterpieces.25 May13 August 2017Room 35Adults12,Members/under 16s freePlaces of t
12、he mind: British watercolour landscapes 1850-1950Drawn from the British Museums rich collection, this is the first exhibition devoted to landscape drawings and watercolours by British artists in the Victorian and modern erastwo halves of very different centuries.23 February27 August 2017Room 90Free,
13、just drop inScythians: warriors of ancient SiberiaThis major exhibition explores the story of the Scythiansnomadic tribes and masters of mounted warfare, who flourished between 900 and 200 BC. Their encounters with the Greeks, Assyrians and Persians were written into history but for centuries all tr
14、ace of their culture was lostburied beneath the ice.14 September 201714 January 2018Room 30Adults16.50,Members/under 16s freePolitics and paradise: Indian popular prints from the Moscatelli GiftThis display is part of the Museums contribution to the India-UK Year of Culture 2017.It looks at the popu
15、lar print culture of India from the 1880s until the 1950s.19 July3 September 2017Room 90aFree, just drop in21.If you are interested in drawings of natural scenery, you will probably go to_.A. Room 35 B. Room 30C.Room 90 D. Room 90a22.Which exhibition can you attend in October 2017?A. Hokusai: beyond
16、 the Great Wave.B. Scythians: warriors of ancient Siberia.C. Places of the mind: British watercolour landscapes 1850-1950.D. Politics and paradise: Indian popular prints from the Moscatelli Gift.23.Where can we most probably find the passage?A. In a tour guide. B. In a story book.C. In a parenting m
17、agazine. D. In a health report.BClaraBarton,bornonChristmasin1821,iswidelyknownasoneofthemosthonoredwomeninAmericanhistory.Shebeganteachingschoolwhenmostteachersweremenatthattime.Later,shebecameoneofthefirstwomenevertobeemployedbythegovernment.HercareerinhelpingthesickbeganwhenherbrotherDavidbecameh
18、erfirstpatient.HefelldownfromtheroofofahousewhenClarawasjust11yearsold.Shestayedbyhissideandlookedafterhimforthreeyears,learninghowtogivehimallhismedicines.WhentheCivilWarbeganin1861,sheimmediatelyrecognizedthatthepoorlyequippedsoldiersneededhelp.Insteadofwaitingforotherstostepin,Claracollectedneces
19、sarythingsonherown,askedthepublic fordonationsandlearnedhowtostoreanddistributethemtosoldiers.Shealsoreadtothesoldiersandwrotelettersforthem.AftertheBattleofCedarMountaininnorthernVirginiain1862,Claraarrivedatafieldhospitalatmidnightwithavehiclefullofsupplies.AdoctornamedPaulSmithatthathospitalwould
20、 laterwrite,“Ithoughtheavenhadsentoutanangelthatnightherassistancearrivedatexactlytherighttime.”In1869,ClarawenttoEuropeandlearnedabouttheInternationalCommitteeoftheRedCross.UponherreturntotheUnitedStates,shesuccessfullyfoundedtheAmericanRedCross.Sheledthe organizationforthenext23years.Herlastfieldm
21、ission(使)aspresidentoftheAmericanRedCrosswastohelpthevictimsofthe1900Galvestonhurricane.Shedidnotretire(退)from theAmericanRedCrossuntilshewas83.Truetohernature,Claraalwayswenttowheretheneedwasthegreatest.Today, the American Red Cross continues the mission Clara started more than 100 years ago. With
22、the help of thousands of volunteers, the American Red Cross provides relief to victims of disasters, as well as helps people prevent, prepare for and respond to all sorts of emergencies.24.We can learn from Paragraph 2 that Clara Barton was _.A. modestB. caringC. talentedD. honest25.After the Civil
23、War broke out, Clara Barton _.A. joined the army and fought bravelyB.wenttoEuropeforfurtherstudyC. did a lot to help soldiersD. continued to work as a teacher26.What is mainly described in Paragraph 5?A.TheaimoftheAmericanRedCross.B.Theimportanceofvoluntarydonations.C. ClaraBartonscontributiontotheC
24、ivilWar.D.ClaraBartonandtheAmericanRedCross. 27. Seeing Clara Bartons arrival, Dr. Smith must have felt _.A. excited and grateful B. proud and joyfulC. shy and nervousD. sad and sorryCThe Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences has been awarded to Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo, and Michael Kremer
25、 for their experimental approach to alleviating global poverty.Duflo became only the second woman to win a share of the award.The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced it had selected them on Monday. Their prizes will be formally presented, along with those of other Nobel Laureates, at a lavis
26、h banquet in Stockholm, Sweden on Dec 10, which is the anniversary of the death of Alfred Nobel, the industrialist and scientist after whom the awards are named. The king of Sweden will present the winners with medals, certificates, and 9 million kronor ($918,000) in each discipline. A maximum of th
27、ree people can share each prize each year.The academy said it selected Banerjee, Duflo, and Kremer because of their research into the daunting issue of global poverty. It said they tackled the issue by breaking it down into smaller questions that could be better asked and answered. It said they look
28、ed into how best to improve the health of children by examining their educations, health systems, agricultural approaches, and access to credit.Forty-six-year-old Duflo, who is the youngest person to win the prize, said current turbulence in global economics can be traced back to a changing world or
29、der.I think we live in turbulent times when many individuals in rich countries are deeply concerned about their position in the world, she said. That anxiety is at the root of much of the turbulence we are seeing.Kremer conducted field experiments in the 1990s on how various interventions improved a
30、cademic results for children in Kenya. Banerjee and Duflo conducted similar experiments in India.Banerjee and Duflo are married and based at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Kremer is an academic at Harvard University.The prize, which is officially known as The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in E
31、conomic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, is generally thought of as the most prestigious award in the field of economics and has been presented annually since 1969. Unlike the other Nobel prizes, it was not established in 1901 based on instructions contained in Nobels will but was set up by Swede
32、ns central bank, Sveriges Riksbank, to mark its 300th anniversary. It is, however, managed by the Nobel Foundation, along with the other Nobel prizes.The Nobel Prize in Economics was the last in a series of Nobel prizes for 2019 to be announced in recent days; following on from prizes in medicine, p
33、hysics, chemistry, literature, and the highly coveted Nobel Peace Prize28. According to the passage which of the following descriptions is incorrect?A. Duflo as well as the other two scientists is to accept the Nobel Prize on Dec. 10 in Stockholm.B. The 3 winners this year adopted similar approach t
34、o the issue of global issue.C. Duflo believes the present turbulent world economics is rooted in a changing world order.D. Kremer found varieties of interventions helpful in field experiments performed in Kenya and Indian.29. What does the underlined word tackled in paragraph 4 probably mean?A. stop
35、pedB. solvedC. improvedD. examined30. What does Duflo think of a lot of people in rich countries?A. They dont care about those living the poverty.B. They will put an end to the turbulence in global economics.C. They are worried about losing the edge over people in other counties.D. Individuals in ri
36、ch countries are deeply anxious about the turbulence.31. We can learn from the passage _.A. Banerjee and Kremer are scholars at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.B. The Nobel Prizes were all established in 1901 based on instructions contained in Nobels will.C. The Nobel Prize in Economic Sci
37、ences is the most famous award in the field of economics.D. The Nobel Foundation is not in charge of the management of the Nobel Prize in Economics.DHunan province in Central China is also home of many influential and talented celebrities, including thought leaders, artists, inventors and political
38、figures, Yuan Shenggao reports. Located in Central China, Hunan province boasts a splendid history and abundant cultural heritage. Six exquisite, five-color glazed porcelains, presented at a news conference of the province in Beijing in late July, drew the attention of the media. The conference was
39、held to brief the media on a series of events launched by the province in celebration of the 70th anniversary of the Peoples Republic of China on Oct 1. Four of the six porcelain vases were collected by the National Museum of China and the other two were to be kept by the museum in August, said Shen
40、 Bin, an inheritor of the technique of five-color glazed porcelains in Liling city of Hunan. Shen described the products as white as jade, clear as a mirror, thin as paper and sound like chime, which can display the oriental elegance to the world. The technique of five-color glazed porcelains, liste
41、d among national intangible cultural heritage, can be traced back to more than 1,700 years ago and was invented at Liling Kiln. In the early 20th century, the technique was improved in the company founded by Xiong Xiling, an industrialist and educator from Hunan, who employed top ceramists and intro
42、duced the most advanced manufacturing equipment. The technical upgrade enhanced the quality of porcelains and enriched the colors of the products, improving their artistic and utility value. Now Liling has become one of the biggest ceramic products export cities in China. In 2018, the import and exp
43、ort of the city totaled about $480 million, of which roughly 60 percent was contributed by local ceramics, according to official figures. Besides the five-color glazed porcelains, Hunan is closely linked with many celebrities. 32. What is the passage mainly about?A. Hunan is home of many influential
44、 and talented celebrities.B. Hunan boasts a splendid history and abundant nature heritage.C. It is about the five-color glazed porcelains and the development of its technique.D. The technique of five-color glazed porcelains was invented more than 1700 years ago.33. The six exquisite five-color glaze
45、d porcelains _. A. were introduced in a detailed way at the conference held in Beijing.B. were collected by the National Museum of China.C. belong to Shen Bin.D. can well show the oriental elegance to the world.34. What can infer from the last but one paragraph?A. Li Ling is the biggest ceramic products export city in China.B. The export and import of ceramic production products add up to about $ 480.C. People in Li Ling lead a very rich life.D. The industry of porcelains contribute a lot to the local governmental tax income.35. Who is NOT probably to be talked abo