届湖北黄冈中学高三网络联考英语试题学生版.docx

1、届湖北黄冈中学高三网络联考英语试题学生版2020届湖北黄冈中学高三2月网络联考英语试题第一部分 听力(略)第二部分 阅读理解 (共两节，满分60分)第一节 (共15小题；每小题3分，满分45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。AWhether youre looking for antiques, food, collectors items or just random junk, our rich heritage has produced some of the finest markets in the world. Here are 3 of the

2、m.Edinburgh Farmers MarketTraders have long sold their goods in the shadow of the citys spectacular castle, which dates back to 1130and its a tradition that shows no sign of abating. Edinburgh Farmers Market takes place on Castle Terrace every Saturday and attracts a huge crowd with its locally sour

3、ced goods. The market is now in its 15th year and champions the very best in Scottish produce, from knitwear to organic water buffalo and lobster.Ford Airfield MarketLooking for an old-style prosthetic leg a ventriloquists dummy, or even a suit of armour? The chances are you will find what you are a

4、fterand plenty of other random stuffat one of the hundreds of stalls here. A market and two huge car-boot sales are held throughout the week all year round, come rain or shine.The market has been running for 25 years and is a well-known treasure trove for antiques experts looking for a bargain.St Ge

5、orges MarketFollow your nose along May Street in Belfast and the smells of delicious home-made food from across the globe will land you in St Georges Market. With three different weekly markets accompanied by fresh food and live music, St Georges was once voted the best in the UK. When Belfast becam

6、e an important port in the 17th century, the range of goods grew and trading thrived.1. What is special about Edinburgh Farmers Market?A. It lasts a long time.B. It provides local products.C. It offers all kinds of food.D. It attracts antiques experts.2. When was the trading at St Georges Market boo

7、ming?A. It the year of 1130.B. Fifteen years ago.C. In the 17th centuryD. Twenty-five years ago.3. Where is this text most likely from ?A. A diary. B. A novel.C. A website. D. A magazine.BOne special grandmother is lending 100 years of wisdom to strangers on New York Citys upper West side. Her offic

8、e attracts many New Yorkers, who wait for a chat with the woman.Inside the office you will find a laptop with 100-year-old grandmother Eileen Wilkinson waiting to chat. She may live across the country in Washington State, but thanks to her grandson, Mike Matthews, who is a social professor at New Yo

9、rk University, she is now sharing words of wisdom for a chat.“You can be anything you want, ” Eileen said. “Dont complain about anything. You can do something about it.”Over the past three months, hundreds of people have stopped by, chatting with Eileen as if they were old friends. “She completely g

10、ets a kick out of meeting New Yorkers because they are so open about their lives, ” said Matthews.A music student asked for advice on a performance. Others were curious about life in 1917.One boy said he was already planning his next visit. “She is so wise and energetic,” he said. “And she really do

11、esnt look 100 years old. She looks as if she was in her early late 80s.”Eileen spent most of her life as a homemaker and mother She said truly listening gave her advice-giving ability and she was honest.Eileen hosts online chats and has two accounts of the social media. “It works both ways because I

12、 get great joy talking to them, ” she said. Eileen isnt slowing down any time soon, bringing new meaning to the saying, “The road to your grandmas house is never long.” She said the secret to her long life was living a good life.4. How does Eileen help strangers?A. By chatting with them.B. By workin

13、g for them.C. By lending money to them.D. By giving speeches to them.5. What do strangers think of Eileen?A. She is a responsible mother.B. She is good at performing.C. She is full of energy and wisdom.D. She is a woman of caring for education.6. What will Eileen do in the future?A. Set up online ch

14、ats.B. Make her life simple.C. Bring new meaning to the saying.D. Continue to share her wisdom.7. What can be a suitable title for the text?A. Ways of Living a Good Life.B. A Special 100-year-old Woman.C. Helping the Strangers Is Interesting.D. The Secret to a 100-year-old Womans Long Life.CIn recen

15、t years, stressed-out urbanites have been seeking refuge in green spaces for the proven positive impacts on physical and mental health, but the benefits of “blue space” the sea and coastline, but also rivers, lakes, canals, waterfalls, even fountains are less well publicized, yet the science has bee

16、n consistent for at least a decade: being by water is good for body and mind.“Many of the processes are exactly the same as with green space with some added benefits, ” says Dr Mathew White, a senior lecturer at the University of Exeter.White says there are three established pathways by which the pr

17、esence of water is positively related to health and happiness. First, there are the beneficial environmental factors, such as less polluted air and more sunlight. Second, people who live by water tend to be more physically active. Third and this is where blue space seems to have an edge over other n

18、atural environments water has a psychologically restorative effect. When you are sailing, surfing or swimming, says White, “youre really in tune with natural forces there.” By being forced to concentrate on the qualities of the environment, we access a cognitive state honed over millennia. Water is,

19、 quite literally, immersive.Catherine Kelly is a wellness practitioner who teaches classes in “mindfulness by the sea”. She says the sea has a meditative quality.“To go to the sea is synonymous with letting go, ” says Kelly. “It could be lying on a beach or somebody handing you a cocktail. For someb

20、ody else, it could be a wild, empty coast. But there is this really human sense of: Oh, look, theres the sea and the shoulders drop.”8. Why do people go to the “blue space” for a relaxation ?A. To seek positive effect on body and mind.B. To have a good swim in the blue sea.C. To consider the benefic

21、ial environmental factors.D. To tend to be more careful and active.9. What is the second paragraph mainly about?A. The characteristics of the beneficial and friendly environmental factors.B. The classification of being by water is good for body and mind.C. The importance of the beneficial and friend

22、ly environmental factors.D. The causes of being by water are good for body and mind.10. What does the underlined word “immersive” in paragraph 2 refer to?A. Being interested. B. Being forced.C. Being involved. D. Being moved.11. What does Catherine Kelly find about “going to the sea” according to th

23、e text?A. Trick of the lesson B. Secret of the happiness.C. Sense of human beings D. Broadness of the seaDLanguages will continue to diverge. Even if English were to become the universal language, it would still take many different forms. Indeed the same could happen to English as has happened to Ch

24、inese: a language of intellectuals which doesnt vary hugely alongside a large number of variations used by local peoples.We will continue to teach other languages in some form, and not just for reasons of practical use. Learning a language is good for your mental health; it forces you to understand

25、another cultural and intellectual system. So I hope British education will develop a more rational approach to the foreign languages available to students in line with their political importance. Because so many people believe it is no longer important to know another language, I fear that time devo

26、ted to language teaching in schools may well continue to decline. But you can argue that learning another language well is more exhausting than, say, learning to play chess wellit involves sensitivity to a set of complicated rules, and also to context.Technology will certainly make a difference to t

27、he use of foreign languages. Computers may, for instance, relieve the hard work that a vast translation represents. But no one who has seen a computer translation will think it can substitute for live knowledge of the different languages. A machine will always be behind the times. Still more importa

28、nt is the fact that no computer will ever get at the associations beyond the words associations that may not be expressed but which carry much of the meaning. In languages like Arabic that context is very important. Languages come with heavy cultural baggage tooin French or German if you miss the cu

29、ltural references behind a word youre very likely to be missing the meaning. It will be very hard to teach all that to computer.All the predictions are that English will be spoken by a declining proportion of the worlds population in the 21st century. I dont think foreign languages will really becom

30、e less important, but they might be perceived to be and that would in the end be a very bad thing.12. According to the text,we can infer that Chinese _.A. is a language full of cultural backgroundB. is narrowly used by local peoplesC. will be regarded as important as EnglishD. will soon become the u

31、niversal language13. Which of the following best describes the authors opinion ?A. Foreign languages should be taught for political importance.B. Learning another language is just like learning to play chess well.C. British education lacks a rational approach to the teaching of foreign languages.D.

32、Learning a language need to know a country cultural and intellectual system.14. Why can the computer translation make a difference to the use of foreign languages?A. It can replace for live knowledge of the different languages.B. It can always keep the pace with the times in the translation.C. It can reduce the hard work that a vast translation represents.D. It can express the implied meaning beyond word associations.15. What is the text