天一大联考届高三阶段性测试四 英语 Word版含答案.docx

1、天一大联考届高三阶段性测试四 英语 Word版含答案绝密启用前天一大联考20192020学年高中毕业班阶段性测试(四)英语考生注意：1.答题前，考生务必将自己的姓名、考生号填写在试卷和答题卡上，并将考生号条形码粘贴在答题卡上的指定位置。2.回答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用铅笔把答题卡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2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

2、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。例：How much is the shirt?A.19.15. B.9.18. C.9.15.答案是C。1. What did the woman do today?A. She practiced the piano. B. She wrote some letters. C. She made a travel plan.2. What will the woman do tomorrow aft

3、ernoon?A. Go to the dentist. B. Go to a physics class. C. Meet with her trainer.3. What has the man been doing this weekend?A. Visiting museums. B. Reading some science books. C. Trying to come up with an idea.4. How do the speakers feel?A. Tired. B. Enjoyable. C. Frightened.5. What does the woman m

4、ean?A. She doesnt want to leave.B. She will take all the files away.C. She has enough time to deal with her work.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 did the woman say about the mans

5、 brother?A. He has changed a lot. B. lie was very impolite to her. C. She can never understand him.7. What is the mans explanation?A. His brother has a pain in his neck.B. High school life is too stressful.C. That is the way teenagers are.听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。8. What are the speakers doing?A. Looking for

6、 something.B. Talking about a trip to France.C. Checking their luggage at the airport.9. Where was the womans passport?A. In her wallet. B. Under the desk. C. In her makeup bag.10. What is the woman like?A. She is forgetful. B. She is impatient. C. She is very organized听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。11. Where doe

7、s the conversation take place?A. In Thailand. B. In Hawaii. C. In Mexico.12. What do we know about the camera?A. It can be used underwater. B. It cannot be dropped. C. Its pretty heavy.13. How much did the man spend on his camera equipment in total?A. $ 200. B. $ 300. C. $ 350.听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。14. W

8、hat does the man want the woman to do by Monday?A. Call the models. B. Finish the files. C. Send out the invitations.15. When is the charity party?A. This weekend. B. Next week. C. Next month.16. Where do the speakers probably work?A. At a baking company. B. At a fashion company. C. At a housing com

9、pany.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. What is the speakers attitude?A. No one is born a genius.B. Too much practice is not useful.C. Talented people neednt work hard.18. When did Mozart begin composing?A. At the age of three. B. At the age of five. C. At the age of eight.19. How did Jimi Hendrix learn to play

10、the guitar?A. His father taught him. B. He learned at school. C. He taught himself.20. What happened to Einstein after graduation?A. He couldnt find a job.B. He was an immediate success.C. He gave up his studies for a while.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，并

11、在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AFuturology(未来学)explores how organizations can look at uncertainty, risk，and opportunity in a way that produces more value than just marching forward with yesterdays assumptions. Here are four well-received books about it.AbundanceThis is a 243-page book by American writers Peter H. Diama

12、ndis and Steven Kotler that was published in 2012. The writers refer to the books title as being a future where nine billion people have access to clean water, food, energy, health care，education，and everything else that is necessary for a first-world standard of living, thanks to technological deve

13、lopments.SuperintelligencePublished in 2011, this is a 416-page book by the Swedish philosopher Nick Bostrom from the University of Oxford. It argues that if machine brains surpass human brains in general intelligence，then this new superintelligence could replace humans as the major life form on Ear

14、th. Sufficiently intelligent machines could improve their own abilities faster than human computer scientists, and the outcome could be a disaster for humans.Physics of the FuturePublished in 2014, this is a 352-page book by the Japanese theoretical physicist Michio Kaku, author of Hyperspace and Ph

15、ysics of the Impossible. In it, Kaku predicts possible future technological developments over the next 100 years. He interviews notable scientists about their fields of research and lays out his vision of coming developments in medicine, computing, artificial intelligence, and energy production.The

16、Next DecadePublished in 2010, this is a 400-page book by George Friedman, who addresses the United States relationships with other countries and the state of the world in general throughout the 2010s. The book also discusses the paradox(悖论)of the empire and the republic, and addresses some demograph

17、ic, technological, and economic issues, primarily those that will affect the 2010s.21. Whats the text intended to introduce?A. Some popular futurology books.B. Some predictions about the future.C. Some future technological developments.D. Some famous writers and their typical works.22. In which way

18、is Abundance different from the other three?A. It discusses future resource supplies.B. It is not finished by one single writer.C. It is written by a non-native English speaker.D. It is based on interviews with famous scientists.23. Which book talks about politics?A. Superintelligence. B. Abundance.

19、C. The Next Decade. D. Physics of the Future.BIn the late 1940s, we were living in a little country town called Monta Vista near San Jose, California. Dad worked on and off, so we were generally low on money. But this particular year we would even go without a Christmas tree.The tradition Mom loved

20、most was decorating the Christmas tree, which always stood in a place of honor in our living room. From Thanksgiving on, she would start dragging out boxes filled with all kinds of decorations that had been used in previous years.Mom was almost in mourning(哀悼)about not having a tree that year. We tr

21、ied to cheer her up but nothing seemed to work. As the holiday got closer, she often stayed in her bedroom, praying. A few days before Christmas, we woke up to see a delighted mother singing Christmas carols in the backyard. Mom, I asked her, why are you so happy all of a sudden? She said, Come and

22、see for yourself, son. I went out to the backyard and saw a huge tumbleweed(风滚草)against the garage door. But Mom didnt see a tumbleweed. She saw a beautiful Christmas tree.We couldnt get it in through the front or back doors, so we opened both the French doors on the side of the house and brought th

23、e tree in that way. Somehow we got it fastened to the Christmas tree stand, and we set it up in the living room. Then we began to decorate it together. Its branches were much too weak to support lights, so we tied just one string close to the trunk where the lights would shine upward.We all stood ba

24、ck and looked at our tree. My mom began to cry softly. I heard her say under her breath Thank you, God, for providing us with a tree to bless us this Christmas.24. What happened to the authors family in that particular year?A. His father lost his job suddenly. B. They moved to a little country town.

25、C. They couldnt afford a Christmas tree. D. His fathers health worsened abruptly.25. What habit did the authors mother have?A. Singing Christmas carols in her bedroom.B. Storing the Christmas tree for future use.C. Crying for all kinds of sufferings in life.D. Recycling Christmas tree decorations.26

26、. Why didnt the authors family bring in the tumbleweed through the front or back doors?A. Because it was too big in size. B. To show their great respect for it.C. To avoid being witnessed by others. D. Because they were far from the living room.27. What made the authors mother cry after having the t

27、umbleweed decorated?A. That it looked like a real tree. C. That she had difficulty breathing.B. That her prayer was answered. D. That it was a gift from her family.CLong, relaxing bathroom breaks that allow people to read the news or visit their social media may be coming to an end due to a new toil

28、et seat design that is supposed to make sitting on the toilet for more than seven minutes become uncomfortable.Called the Standard Toilet, the new design，thought up by English consulting engineer Mahabir Gill, slopes (倾斜)at a downwards angle of 13 degrees, forcing the person sitting on it to use the

29、ir leg muscles to keep from sliding off. According to its creator, the longest someone can comfortably sit on such a toilet seat is 5 to 7 minutes. Gill said the angle is enough to cause some feelings of strain in the users legs，making them want to get up faster than they would from a horizontal(水平的

30、)toilet seat, but not enough to cause serious health problems. Gill also added that the Standard Toilet would be great for businesses wanting to maximize employee work hours.The Standard Toilet has already received the backing of the British Toilet Association(BTA), but has come under fire on social

31、 media, where people either joked about ways to defeat the design，or called it a shame.Gill told hued magazine that as a consulting engineer he sometimes discovered workers asleep on the toilet, and that he also became increasingly annoyed by queues for public toilets. The final straw came one morni

32、ng, after a heavy night of drinking, when in desperate need of a toilet, he only found locked cubicles. He started working on a solution，and the Standard Toilet was born.While the sloped toilet apparently offers some health benefits to users，like improving posture and lowering the risk of developing some health problems, Mr. Gill admits that the main purpose of the Standard