2020届惠州市博罗县实验学校高三英语第一次联考试题及参考答案.pdf

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1、20202020 届惠州市博罗县实验学校高三英语第一次联考试题及参考答案届惠州市博罗县实验学校高三英语第一次联考试题及参考答案第一部分第一部分阅读（共两节，满分阅读（共两节，满分4 40 0 分）分）第一节（共第一节（共 1515 小题；每小题小题；每小题 2 2 分，满分分，满分 3030 分）分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出最佳选项A AConsumer Electronics Show(CES)is a global stage where the worlds next-generation inventions areintroduced towards

2、the marketplace,and lots of companies are participating.Here are several of the amazinginventions that were introduced at the showin 2020.August Wi-Fi Smart LockIts an intelligent door lock to protect your home,and it works on Wi-Fi.The lock doesnt require anyadditional hardware to attach to it and

3、can be used with the existing door lock.The owner can remotely access thedoor from anywhere to lock or unlock and can provide guest keys to family or friends.It keeps statistics andrecords of your doors“lock”,“unlock”,and who have visited.Motion PillowIts a pillow developed for anyone who has a snor

4、ing(打鼾)problem.The solution box detects,records,andanalyses the sleeping persons snoring patterns.By changing the internal airbags pressure,it fixes the position ofthe sleeping persons neck and head gently to improve his breathing.Three layers of noise-reducing materialminimize the users sleeping di

5、sturbance.Ao AirIts a high-tech face-covering wearable air purifier with no tight seal on the mouth and nose.The purifier pullsair inside through a filtration(过滤)process and uses fans to createa clean area in front of the device.Itsdesigned in such a way that it can clean more than 98%of PM2.5 throu

6、gh filtration.Transparent HoodThe company Continental showed off this revolutionary invention at CES 2020 that got the Best VehicleIntelligence and Transportation Award.Its a technology that gives the driver the ability to see barriers and blindspots from the driving seat.Four cameras take surroundi

7、ng pictures so that the driver can see the real-time blindspots and prevent even parking damage too.1.Who is the text mainly intended for?A.The general public.B.The science lovers.C.The electronic companies.D.The college students.2.Which of the following descriptions of Motion pillow is correct?A.It

8、s intended for all those who cant sleep well.B.It can help sleepers breathe smoothly.C.It can remove the noise around to help people sleep.D.Its pressure is changed by sleepers themselves.3.What can we infer from the text?A.August Wi-Fi Smart Lock helps improve the safety of homes.B.Ao Air produces

9、fresh air for its users.C.Motion Pillow reduces material to minimize sleeping disturbance.D.Transparent Hood helps make driving safer and easier.BNewspapers in Great Britainvarygreatly in their ways of carrying the news.There are serious papers for thosewho want to know about important happenings ev

10、erywhere,both at home and abroad.There are popularnewspapers for those who prefer entertainment to information.The London newspaper that is best known outside Great Britain is probably the Times.It began in 1785,andhas a high reputation for believable news and serious opinions on the news.It calls i

11、tself an independent paper,which means that it does not give its support to a particular political party.Its leading articles give the opinions ofthe editors,not those of the owners of the paper.Letters to the editor are printed in the newspaper.These parts of the Times are always interesting.Most o

12、fthe letters are serious subjects.But from time to time there will be long letters on the subject which is not at allserious,perhaps on a new fashion of dress,or the bad manners of the young people,compared with manners ofthirty years ago.4.If you want to get pleasure,please buy yourself _.A.a serio

13、us newspaperB.foreign newspaperC.any independent paperD.a popular newspaper5.The Times has been famous to outside Great Britain for _ years.A.19B.85C.236D.2296.The Times is an independent paper because _.A.it supports no political partiesB.it is not controlled by the British GovernmentC.it gives spe

14、cial support to all the political parties.D.the editors opinions are not examined by the owners of the paper7.The underlined word“vary”in the passage probably means“_”.A.improveB.compete with each otherC.are differentD.keep in touch with each otherCJapans prime minister encouraged the decision to ba

15、n viewers,even family members,by issuing a state ofemergency order in Tokyo earlier this month in response to rising COVID-19 case numbers.From the perspective of sports psychologists,an Olympics without fans is a real-life science experiment thatis helping researchers and clinicians to comb through

16、 the true impact of a crowd of fans on its playersand onviewers at home.The strange circumstances under which the games are held may place unexpected pressure onsome athletes.On Tuesday,superstar gymnast Simone Biles dropped out of the womens team event,tellingteammates and reporters she wasnt in th

17、e right“headspace”to compete.“Its been really stressful this OlympicGames.There are a lot of different variables going into it,”Biles told the Washington Post.The 2020 Summer Olympics bears similarities and differences to other major sporting events without viewers.The English Premier League supplem

18、ented(增加)game broadcasts with crowd noise from the soccer video gameFIFA 20,mixed with game audio in real time.A Taiwanese baseball team and German soccer team beganpopulating stands with cardboard cutouts of fans,and the trend caught on internationally.Jamey Houle,the lead sports psychologist for O

19、hio State University Athletics and a former Al-Americangymnast,says competitive athletes are trained in visualization imagining performing a certain action or motion,such as doing a roundoff back handspring in gymnastics.Without moving a muscle,players using visualization cansolidify neural(神经的)conn

20、ections and activate their motor cortex(皮层).To visualize most effectively,Houlesays,athletes working with sports psychologists will try to simulate as closely as possible the conditions of actualgameplay.Empty stadiums may thus have a measurable impact on players performance.This phenomenon isground

21、ed in a psychological concept called“social facilitation”,referring to a change in a persons performancethat occurs when others are around compared to when a person is alone.8.What caused Biles to drop out of the womens team event?A.The poor physical condition.B.The absence of the audience.C.The fie

22、rcely competitive event.D.The influence of crowds of fans.9.What can be inferred from Paragraph 3?A.The Taiwanese baseball team is a success.B.The tendency mentioned is popular among some sporting events.C.The 2020 Summer Olympics is stricter in preventing the pandemic.D.The crowd noise plays a lead

23、ing role in the English Premier League.10.How does Houle explain the impact of empty stadiums on players performance?A.By doing a roundoff back handspring.B.By simulating the conditions of actual gameplay.C.By using the concept called social facilitation.D.By changing the viewers of a player.11.What

24、 message does the author mainly convey in the text?A.Athletes should be trained in visualization.B.Audience should be admitted to the Olympics.C.Social facilitation is helpful to sporting events.D.Viewers present may influence playersperformance.DIn the U.S.,speaking more than one language fluently

25、is not very common except in Los Angeles,California.The city has one of the largest population in the U.S.of young people between the ages of 18 and 34.Thisgeneration is often called millennials(新千年一代).More than half of millennials in Los Angeles are bilingual(双语的),which means they speak more than o

26、ne language.Maria Elena Burgos is cooking a Mexican breakfast.She says making Mexican food is just one of the manytraditions in her home.Another is speaking Spanish to her children.“We want them to be bilingual.We want to keep the Spanish somewhere in their learning too,not only athome.”When Ms Burg

27、os first came to the United States from Mexico,she learned English.She knew her childrenwould learn English quickly.So she wanted them to speak Spanish at home and study the language at school.She says being bilingual will give themmore opportunities in the future.Knowing Spanish also means thechild

28、ren can talk with their s in Mexico.“When we had our children,one of the decisions we as parents made was to name them with a name thatwas easily pronounced in English and Spanish.”Elizabeth wants to know her familys culture.”“The culture-to go back to our roots because thats part of whowe are.”Moni

29、ca wants to pass on the culture to her children“Its nice to know our culture and then to be able to pass it onto our children and grand-children andeveryone to let them know where we come from.”And,Monica says she does not speak only English and Spanish.She has even learned some Korean in school.12.

30、Which of the following is a tradition of Maria?A.Cooking breakfast for her s.B.Talking with her children in Spanish.C.Talking with her s in Spanish.D.Forcing her children to speak Spanish.13.What can be inferred from Monicas words?A.She doesnt care where she comes from.B.She looks forward to learnin

31、g Spanish.C.Everyone should know his own culture.D.She doesnt like American culture.14.Which of the following is mentioned about children speaking more languages?A.It can give children more chances in the future.B.It can make children feel proud before their friends.C.It can give the children a chan

32、ce to go to a good college.D.It can let children go to the places where they want to go.15.Whats the main purpose of this passage?A.To entertain the readers with a funny story.B.To inform the readers of a shocking experiment result.C.To encourage more persons to learn a second language.D.To tell a t

33、ruth that many people in Los Angeles are bilingual.第二节（共第二节（共 5 5 小题；每小题小题；每小题 2 2 分，满分分，满分 1 10 0 分）分）阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项Fear of Missing OutIts a common experience:Youre scrolling through a social media page,and you see pictures of friendstraveling or going to parties.Suddenly

34、 you start to wonder why youre not doing those things.Are you missing outon something fun and exciting because youre locked into everyday life?This experience has come to be known asthe fear of missing out,sometimes abbreviated(缩写)FOMO._16_But with the rise of social media,FOMO isbecoming much more

35、common.Wanting to be in on the fun when exciting things are happening is completely normal.But for some people,itcan lead to an addiction to checking their phones to findout what other people are doing.Even while doing thingsthat are fun or necessary,people can feel like theres something better goin

36、g on elsewhere.This urge to connectcan lead them to disconnect from the people they are actually with._17_It can even be dangerous;somepeople try to check messages while driving.Remember that what people choose to post onsocial media does not necessarily reflect theirlife overall.People tend to pick

37、 and choose the things they share,so we only ever know a small part of anyone elses life._18_You cannot be everywhere and do everything that might be interesting or productive,and thatsOK.It might even be necessary to turn off your phone or log out of social media for a while._19_You caneven set par

38、ticular times in your day to check email and social media.By stepping away for a time,you can helpkeep other peoples lives in perspective.Finally,focus on the things in front of you.Enjoy them,do them well and let everything else go._20_Dont let the fear of missing out cause you to miss out on the g

39、ood things you have in life.Relax,enjoy whatyou do and let other people enjoy their lives without envying them.A.To some extent,people have always worried about missing out on things.B.Without the social media you will get unconnected with the whole world.C.It also prevents them from being satisfied

40、 with the good things in their lives.D.When you fully engage with life,youll worry less about what youre not doing.E.Get rid of the constant reminders of everything thats happening in the world.F.Its difficult to connect with the reasons why you choose not to participate.G.Its also important to be h

41、umble and acknowledge your limitations.第二部分第二部分语言运用（共两节，满分语言运用（共两节，满分4545 分）分）第一节（共第一节（共 2020 小题；每小题小题；每小题 1.51.5 分，满分分，满分 3030 分）分）阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项Love Is Blind：The Magic of TabbyIn October,2003I started my work at my local animal shelters Adoption Department.Over the years,

42、morethan 50,000 animals have_21_the doors of the shelter.Most of them,I do not remember.But occasionallythere are_22_animals,who touch me so deeply that I could never possibly_23_them.Tabby wasone such animal.Tabby was an ancient Cocker Spaniel,probably 14 years old.Whats more,she was blind and deaf

43、.Tabbyschances at adoption seemed_24_at best.After all,there werent many adopters coming here_25_,“Can you show me all of your really old dogs who are also_26_?”We had all thought that Tabby would liveout the rest of her life at the_27_.One day a woman named Loretta came to the shelter.Her son,Gary,

44、had_28_Tabbyspicture andstories on the shelters website at home.They were interested in meeting her!It was the only_29_we everhad from others about Tabby.What could a young child possibly see in a 14-year-old dog who was both blind anddeaf？Most boys would want a dog who could grow with them and_30_t

45、hrough grassy fields on summerdays.Tabby would_31_be able to do that.But after meeting her,Loretta and Gary decided that she was theright dog for their family.They adopted Tabby!If Tabbys story had simply ended with her_32_adoption,it would still have been something veryspecial indeed._33_,it was wh

46、at happened after her adoption that people might regard as“magic”.Gary_34_from seizures.Since Gary and Tabby met,they became_35_.They did everything together.They became so“in tune”with one another that Tabby began to telegraph Garys seizures_36_theyoccurred,giving his family a(n)_37_that one was ab

47、out to strike.Whats more,Gary seemed to be havingfewer and fewer seizures since Tabbys_38_.How could it be？Nobody could explain_39_Tabby did it.But those of us who were fortunate enoughto know her and her family had_40_the magic,the kindthat has its roots in love.21.A.passedB.brokenC.openedD.locked2

48、2.A.strangeB.activeC.specialD.wild23.A.recallB.forgetC.leaveD.abandon24.A.possibleB.greatC.remoteD.bright25.A.whisperingB.askingC.seekingD.explaining26.A.disabledB.activeC.stubbornD.patient27.A.hospitalB.roadsideC.farmD.shelter28.A.postedB.takenC.seenD.drawn29.A.letterB.concernC.dedicationD.donation

49、30.A.getB.lookC.runD.break31.A.neverB.possiblyC.frequentlyD.generally32.A.temporaryB.normalC.successfulD.early33.A.MoreoverB.HoweverC.ThereforeD.Otherwise34.A.learntB.heardC.sufferedD.recovered35.A.unforgettableB.inseparableC.unfortunateD.uncomfortable36.A.sinceB.unlessC.beforeD.though37.A.explanati

50、onB.warningC.suggestionD.notice38.A.returnB.birthC.arrivalD.recovery39.A.whereB.howC.whenD.whether40.A.performedB.createdC.achievedD.witnessed第二节（共第二节（共 1 10 0 小题；每小题小题；每小题 1.51.5 分，满分分，满分 1515 分）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Many kinds of music can stir imagination and produce strong feelings.F