高三年级下学期综合能力测试英语含答案.docx

1、高三年级下学期综合能力测试英语含答案佛山市2020届高三年级下学期综合能力测试（二）英 语（全国卷） 本试卷共150分，考试时间120分钟。考试共9页。考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。注意事项： 1. 答题前，考生务必将自己的姓名，准考证号填写在答题卡相应的位置。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信息点涂黑。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。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

2、列短文,从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AHere are several interesting competitions you can take part in.Dylan Thomas CompetitionThis contest is for writers aged under 19 on October 27, 2019, the birthday of the late Dylan Thomas. There are two age categories, each with a different word limit, as

3、 follows:Age under 15-500 words; Age 1519-2, 500-words.Closing: December 21, 2019Prizes: Age under15-150or50;Age1519-500or100.Entry Fee: Age under15-3;Age15196.Magic Oxygen Literary PrizeThis is a poetry and short story contest. For every entry(参赛作品) received, Magic Oxygen Publishing of Dorset will

4、plant a tree in Kenya. Each entrant will receive the GPS co-ordinates of their tree, Poems should be limited to 50 lines while short stories can extend to 4, 000 words.Closing: December 31, 2019.Prizes( in each category):1,000,300,or100.Entry Fee:5.The Mogford Food & Drink Story PrizeA short story w

5、ith a food and drink theme could win you a serious tip in this annual contest. The word limit is 2, 500. Your entry should be original and unpublished. You must submit this through the form on the website. The contest is open worldwide, but entries must be in English.Closing: July 1. 2019.Prizes: ls

6、t-10, 000. The 4 shortlisted entrants will be invited as guests to the Mogford Party. Travel expenses will be paid.Entry Fee: 10.Fresher Story & Poetry Writing PrizeThis open-to-all contest has two categories: poetry and short story. Poems are limited to 42 lines, while short stories have an allowan

7、ce of 3,000 words. The theme for both categories 1s peace.Closing: September 1, 2019.Short story Prize:200 Poetry Prize:200. Winners also get a professionally produced recording of your work.Entry Fee: 7.21. Which contest helps improve the environment?A. Dylan Thomas CompetitionB. Magic Oxygen Liter

8、ary PrizeC. The Mogford Food Drink story PrizeD. Fresher Story & Poetry Writing Prize22. What do all the four contests have in common?A. They take place once a yearB. All entries must be in EnglishC. They have the same deadlineD. They are open to short stories23. What can we know about the competiti

9、on with the theme of peace?A. Everyone can take partB. It requires no entry feeC. The entries have no word limitD. Winners get professional guidanceBIs this making us old or keeping us young? my husband asked as he lifted the three heavy backpacks from the canoe.I dont know, I replied. The heat and

10、mosquitoes were getting to me, and i was wondering whether we were crazy to have started a canoe trip during the hottest week of the summer. But even in fall, our canoe trips - while certainly cooler - are no easier.Ive always loved getting away from civilization to enjoy the peace of nature, to be

11、on a news blackout(中断)and to reflect on the past year and the year to come, which is why weve been doing this regularly for most of the 38 years weve been together.Now as were getting older, its getting harder-aching knees, aching feet, aching backs. So, were changing our habits. Instead of extreme

12、whitewater trips in the far north, were going on lake trips closer by. Instead of pulling on the heavy pack myself and rising from a sitting position, my husband lifts it up while I thread my arms through the belts. Along the way, I might stop to admire the green plants beside the path or feel the s

13、oft surfaces of the moss, and my husband is usually waiting at the other end, wondering why its taken me so long. During the night, we no longer stay up late to see the stars. Instead, we now get into the tent by 9 p. m. -exhausted after one days hard work - and drift to sleep listening to birds sor

14、rowful call.Over the years, my canoe-tripping experience has evolved to focus less on the physical and more on the abstract things. Like a solar battery, I store up the energy I absorb from the forest, rocks and waters to help me through the rest of the year. The rhythm of paddling becomes a process

15、 of deep thinking rather than an endurance test.How long can we continue doing this?” asked my husband at the end of the last trip.“I dont know,” I answered, but inside, i thought: As long as our bodies and minds hold out. I hope forever.”24. According to the passage, the author and her husbands can

16、oe trips _.A. were difficult to completeB. had made the couple crazyC. made the couple look younger than their ageD. became dangerous because of the summer heat25. What can be inferred about the author from Paragraph 3?A. She liked to keep a distance from routine life.B. She liked to keep a distance

17、 from routine life.C. She often thought about her marriage during her trips.D. She married her husband because he loved traveling.26. By writing “we no longer stay up late to see the stars”, the author wishes to show that _.A. the stars are not beautiful any moreB. birds night call is more attractiv

18、e nowC. their habits have changed over the yearsD. they cant get used to extreme trips now27. What can be the best title for the text?A. An Unforgettable TripB. My Trip with My HusbandC. Life Is a Hard TripD. Love for Canoe TripsCPast studies have indicated that saying words aloud could be beneficia

19、l to improving memory. However, this often isnt practical in a classroom environment or a study group. Now, researchers have come up with a new idea. They suggest drawing a picture of what you are trying to memorize!Jeffrey Wammes from the University of Waterloo recently carried out a study. He and

20、his two colleagues began by assigning a group of students a list of easy to draw words such as “apple”or” balloon.” After calling out each word, the researchers would give the students forty seconds, to either write it repeatedly or draw a picture.Once the task was complete, the scientists tried to

21、distract and challenge the students memories by giving them an unrelated task: concentrating on classifying musical tones. After that had been completed, the researchers gave the students 60 seconds to write down as many words as they could recall(回想) from the first assignment. Sure enough, those th

22、at had used drawing as their memorization tool, did a much better job of remembering the words than those that had written them multiple times.To ensure the results were not a coincidence the researchers conducted several variations of the test. The students were asked to draw words multiple times,

23、embellish(修饰)written words by shading them, and even list physical descriptions of each word, The results were always the same -the students that excelled were the ones that had drawn the image!Not an artist? No worries The researchers say the quality of the drawing played no role in recalling. Acco

24、rding to Wammes, the students memories improved even when they were given just a few seconds to draw a picture.Wammes and his colleagues now plan to take this research further by studying why drawing helps memorization. While there is much more to discover, the next time you are having a hard time l

25、earning a concept, draw it!28. Why did Jeffery carry out his study?A. To help people say words aloudB. To challenge students memoriesC. To find a way for memory improvementD. To check students abilities of identifying music29. What does the underlined word excelled in paragraph 4 probably mean?A. to

26、ok partB. stood outC. won a gameD. got frustrated30. What will Jefferys further study be probably about?A. The effects of the time spent on drawingsB. The way of learning concepts by drawingC. The way high quality drawings influence memoryD. The reason why memory gets improved by drawing31. Who will

27、 find Jeffreys findings most useful?A. PaintersB. MusiciansC. Doctors and reseachersD. Teachers and studentsDWe have a lot of reasons to thank algae(海藻). These simple plants are at the base of the sea food web and are responsible for producing around 50 percent of the planets oxygen. But they have a

28、 dark side, too, and you can see it every summer when Floridas Gulf Coast is stricken with a red tide or what scientists prefer to call a harmful algal bloom(HAB).HABs happen when there was a population explosion in algae, resulting in harmful effects on people, fish, sea animals and birds. These bl

29、ooms of harmful plankton(浮游生物) happen along ocean coasts and are pushed by a number of factors. Warm surface temperatures, high nutrient content, low level of salt in the sea water and calm seas create the perfect environment for these blooms to happen. Sunny weather that follows summer rains create

30、s particularly wonderful conditions for red tides.HABs can be different when they occur in coastal areas across the planet Some HABs can turn the water red. Some species that arent poisonous can turn the water a reddish-brown; some poisonous algae may be abundant enough to be harmful, but they arent

31、 so plentiful as to change the water color.HABs raise a red flag because they have an impact on human health and marine ecosystems, and they can have far-reaching effects on regional economies as well-tourism and fishing, in particular. Harmful algae not only discourage swimming and make the air har

32、d to breathe, they also kill fish and make shellfish dangerous to eat.Because HABs travel irregularly due to winds and tides, locating a red tide at any given moment is challenging. But researchers have been working for years on improving detection and forecasting of HABs, which brought some good results. In the meantime, if you live in an area that experiences red tides, be sure to pay special attention to local warni