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1、二校联考2020届高三第二次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、三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。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 was the purpose of the mans trip to India?A. To find out the causes of AIDSB. To raise money for AIDS patientsC. To draw attention to the

2、 spread of AIDS2. What will Mr. Smith do next?A. Catch a flight B. Attend a meeting. C. Take a rest.3. What does the man advise the woman to do?A Work outB. Sit at the deskC Put on some weight4. How much does the dress cost now?A. $54 B.$60 C. $665. What will the man do for his daughters birthday?A.

3、 Buy a present B. Have a barbeque. C. Plan a weekend tmp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，并标在试卷的相应位置。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。听下面一段对话，回答第6和第7两个小题。6. Whats Fred,s plan after graduation?A Working in his hometown. B. Traveling

4、with his parents. C Renting an apartment7. What does Fred say about the woman,s parents decision?A Its very wiseB. Its a bit impracticalC Its beyond expectations听下面一段对话，回答第8和第9两个小题。8. What did the woman do in Britain?A. She taught in a schoolB. She worked as a directorC. She studied in a university.

5、9. Why does the woman talk with the man?A. To apply for a jobB. To make a travel planC. To have language training听下面一段对话，回答第10至第12三个小题。10. Where did the speakers first meet?A In Shanghai B In London C. In Pans.11. What activity will the speakers attend?A A performance B. A conference C. A big sale12

6、. What will the man do for the woman?A. Book her a hotelB. Take her to a restaurantC Pick her up from the airport听下面一段对话，回答第13至第16四个小题。13. Whats the aim of the campaign?A To remind people of Earth DayB. To encourage people to reduce garbageC. To warm people of the bad effects of pollution14. What wi

7、ll be the task on the second day?A Planting treesB Designing postersC Collecting garbage,15. What does Peter expect the teachers to do?A Paint paper.B. Stop driving cars.C. Decorate classrooms16. How does Sara find Peters ideas?A. Ridiculous B. Wonderful C Confusing听下面一段独白，回答第17至第20四个小题。17. When doe

8、s Andy escape from the prison?A.ln1927 B.In1947. C.In196718. Why is Andy put into the Shawshank prison?A. He makes political comments in a newspaper.B. He helps officers make money illegallyC. He is charged with murder19. What impresses the speaker most about Andy?A. His banker expenence B Hope in h

9、is mine C. His colorful life20. What is the passage mainly about Andy?A. A film review B.A film poster C. A film background第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第1节 （共15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或D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AF. Scott Fitzgerald, born on September 24,1896, an American novelist, was once a stude

10、nt of St.Paul Academy, the Newman School and attended Princeton. University for a short while. In 1917 he joined the army and was posted in Alabama, where he met his future wife Zelda Sayre. Then he had to make some money to impress her.His life with her was full of great happiness, as he wrote in h

11、is diary :“ My own happiness in the past often approached such joy that I could share it even with the person dearest to me but had to walk it away in quiet streets and take down parts of it in my diary.”This side of paradise, his first novel, was published in 1920, encouraged by its success, Fitzge

12、rald began to devote more time to his writing. Then he continued with the novel the Beautiful and Damned (1922), a collection of short stories Thales of the Jazz Age (1922), and a play The Vegetable (1923). But his greatest success was The Great Gatsby, published in 1925,which quick brought him prai

13、se from the literary world. Yet it failed to give him the needed financial security. Then, in 1926, he published another collection of short stories All the Sad Young Men.However, Fitzgeralds problems with his wife Zelda affected his writing. During the 1920s he tried to reorder his life, but failed

14、. By 1930, his wife had her first breakdown and went to a Swiss clinic. During this period he completed novels Tender Is the Night in 1934 and The love of the last Tycoon in 1940. While his wife was in hospital in the United States, he got totally addicted to alcohol. Sheila Graham, his dear friend,

15、 helped him fight his alcoholism.21.Which of the following is the correct order to describe Fitzgeralds life according to the passage?a. He became addicted to drinking.b. He studied at St.Paul Academy.c. He published his first novel This Side of Paradise.d. The Great Gatsby won high praise.e. He fai

16、led to reorder his life.f. He joined the army and met Zelda.A. f-c-e-a-b-d B. b-e-a-f-c-d C. f-d-e-c-b-a D. b-f-c-d-e-a22.We can infer from the passage that Fitzgerald .A. had made some money when he met Zelda in Alabama.B. was well educated and well off before he served in the armyC. would have com

17、pleted more works if his wife hadnt broken downD. helped his friend get rid of drinking while his wife was in hospital23.The passage is probably followed by a concluding paragraph about .A. Zeldas personal lifeB. Zeldas illness and treatmentC. Fitzgeralds friendship with GrahamD. Fitzgeralds contrib

18、utions to the literary worldB“Everything happens for the best,” my mother said each time I faced disappointment or even depression. “If you carry on, one day, something good will happen. And youll realize that it wouldnt have happened if not for that previous disappointment.”Mother was right, but I

19、didnt realize that until I graduated from college in 1932. I had decided to try for a job in radio and then work my way up to be a sports announcer. I hitchhiked (搭顺风车) to Chicago and knocked on the door of every station and got turned down every time. In one studio, a kind lady told me that in most

20、 cases, big stations couldnt risk hiring an inexperienced person. “Go out in the remote areas and find a small station thatll give you a chance,” she said. I went back home to Dixon, Illinois.While there were no radio-announcing jobs in Dixon, my father said Montgomery Ward had opened a store and wa

21、nted a local athlete to manage its sports department. Since Dixon was where I had played high school football, I applied. The job sounded just right for me.But I wasnt hired. My disappointment must have shown. “Everything happens for the best.” Mom reminded me. Dad offered me the car to hunt for job

22、s. I tried WOC Radio in Davenport, Iowa. The program director, a wonderful Scotsman named Peter MacArthur, told me they had already hired an announcer.As I left his office, my frustration boiled over. I asked aloud, “How can a fellow get to be a sports announcer if he cant get a job in a radio stati

23、on?” I was waiting for the elevator when I heard MacArthur calling, “What was that you said about sports? Do you know anything about football?” Then he stood me before a microphone and asked me to broadcast an imaginary game. The preceding autumn, my team had won a game in the last 20 seconds with a

24、 65-yard run. I did a 15-minute boost to that play, and Peter told me I would be broadcasting Saturdays game!On my way home, as I have had many times since, I thought of my mothers words, “If you carry on, one day, something good will happen. It wouldnt have happened if not for that previous disappo

25、intment.”24.Which of the following statements is NOT true?A. The author graduated from college in the 1930s.B. The authors dream job was a sports announcer.C. The author was refused by every radio station across the country.D. The author was considered unqualified because of his lack of experience.2

26、5.What does the underlined phrase “boil over” (in paragraph 5) most probably mean?A. To pass on some evil emotions. B. To become overwhelming.C. To be turned into calmness. D. To break down.26.What can be inferred from the passage?A. The author was given a car by his father after he failed his first

27、-ever job interview.B. The authors mom always advised him to learn from his failures.C. Peter MacArthur, the program director of WOC Radio, turned down the author for his lack of flexibility.D. Peter MacArthur was able to recognize the talent of the author as a sports announcer.27.What lesson can be

28、 drawn from the authors experience in the passage?A. When in Rome, do as the Romans do.B. Practice makes perfect.C. No pain, no gain.D. The early bird catches the worm.CIts 3 oclock and youve been hard at work. As you sit at your desk, a strong desire for chocolate overcomes you. You try to busy you

29、rself to make it go away. But it doesnt. Here is another situation. Perhaps you are not feeling well. The only thing you want to eat is a big bowl of chicken soup, like your mom used to make when you were sick as a child. Food cravings are a strong desire for a specific type of food. And they are no

30、rmal.Scientists at the website How Stuff Works compare hunger and cravings this way. Hunger is a fairly simple connection between the stomach and the brain. They even call it simply “stomach hunger.” When our stomachs burn up all of the food we have eaten, a hormone (荷尔蒙) sends a message to one part

31、 of the brain for more food, which regulates our most basic body functions such as thirst, hunger and sleep. The brain then produces a chemical to start the appetite and you eat. Hunger is a function of survival.A craving is more complex. It activates (使活跃) brain areas related to emotion, memory and

32、 reward. These are the same areas of the brain activated during drug-craving studies. So, some scientists call food cravings “mind hunger.” People often crave foods that are high in fat and sugar. Foods that are high in fat or high in sugar produce chemicals in the brain. These chemicals give us fee

33、lings of pleasure.In a 2007 study, researchers at Cambridge University found that “dieting or restricted eating generally increases the possibility of food craving.” So, the more you deny yourself a food that you want, the more you may crave it. However, fasting is a bit different. They found that e

34、ating no food at all for a short period of time lessened food cravings.So, the next time you crave something very specific, know that your brain may be more to blame than your stomach.28.What is the function of the first paragraph?A. To remind readers of their own special food.B. To deepen the under

35、standing of hunger.C. To report the discovery of craving study.D. To lead to the topic of the whole passage.29.What do we learn about food craving?A. It shows food is linked to feelings.B. It ensures a person survives hunger.C. It means the stomach functions well.D. It proves the brain decides your

36、appetite.30.Whats the likely result of dieting?A. The decrease of chemicals. B. The increase of food desire.C. The refusal of fat and sugar. D. The disappearance of appetite.31.What does the passage mainly discuss?A. The functions of brain areas. B. What hunger is all about.C. The findings of food c

37、raving. D. What dieting may bring us.DImagine youre standing in line to buy an after-school snack at a store. You step up to the counter and the cashier scans your food. Next, you have to pay. But instead of scanning a QR code (二维码) with your smartphone, you just hold out your hand so the cashier ca

38、n scan your fingerprint. Or, a camera scans your face, your eyes or even your ear.Now, this type of technology might not be far away. As technology companies move away from the traditional password, biometric(生物识别的) security, which includes fingerprint, face and voice ID, is becoming increasingly po

39、pular.In 2013, Apple introduced the iPhone 5s, one of the first smartphones with a fingerprint scanner. Since then, using ones fingerprint to unlock a phone and make mobile payments has become commonplace, bringing convenience to our lives. And since last year, Samsung has featured eye-scanning tech

40、nology in its top smartphones, while Apples new iPhone X can even scan a users face. But despite its popularity, experts warn that biometrics might not be as secure as wed imagined. “Biometrics are ideally good, but in practice, not so much” said John Michener, a biometrics expert.When introducing t

41、he new iPhones Face ID feature, Phil Schiller, Apples senior vice president, said, “The chance that a random person in the population could look at your iPhone X and unlock it with their face is about one in a million.” But its already been done. In a video posted on community website Reddi, two bro

42、thers showed how they were each able to unlock the same iPhone X using their own face. And they arent even twins.“We may expect too much from biometrics,” Anil Jain, a computer science professor at Michigan State University, told CBS News. “No security systems are perfect.”Earlier this year, Jain fo

43、und a way to trick biometric security. Using a printed copy of a thumbprint, she was able to unlock a dead persons smartphone for police, according to tech website Splinter. “Its good to see biometrics being used more,” Jain told CBS News, “because it adds another factors for security. But using mul

44、tiple security measures is the best defense.”32.What is the latest technology to unlock a smartphone according to the article?A. QR code scanning. B. Face scanning. C. Fingerprint scanning. D. Eye scanning.33.Whats a major problem of the iPhone Xs Face ID system?A. It takes too long to unlock the ph

45、one.B. It often fails to recognize its owners face.C. Face data could be used for other purposes.D. Different faces could be used to unlock the same phone.34.What does Anil Jain think of biometric security?A. Its as secure as traditional measures.B. It has caused much trouble for police.C. It should

46、 be used with other security measures.D. It is perfect without any room for improvement.35.The author wrote this article mainly to _.A. describe the popularity of biometricsB. show how biometrics has changed our livesC. point out various problems with biometricsD. discuss the security problems of biometrics第二节.七选五 (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。By making positive changes in your life you can become better. 36.Here are some quick and easy ways to help you become a better person.37.Recognize what areas you are lacking. For this you c