河南省顶级名校届高三英语上学期开学摸底考试试题.docx

1、河南省顶级名校届高三英语上学期开学摸底考试试题河南省顶级名校2020届高三英语上学期开学摸底考试试题本试题卷共8页。全卷满分150分。考试用时120分钟。注意事项：1.答题前，先将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在试题卷和答题卡上，并将准考证号条形码粘贴在答题卡上的指定位置。2.选择题的作答：每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑，写在试题卷、草稿纸和答题卡上的非答题区域均无效。3.非选择题的作答：用签字笔直接答在答题卡上对应的答题区域内。写在试题卷、草稿纸和答题卡上的非答题区域均无效。4.考试结束后，请将本试题卷和答题卡一并上交。第一部分 听力(共两节，满分30分)做题时，先将

2、答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两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。1. What does the man want to do?A. Buy a TV Guide. B. Book a room. C. Watch TV.2. How does the man feel about Alices performance?A. Disappointed. B. Sur

3、prised. C. Worried.3. What can we say about the woman?A. She is helpful. B. She is generous. C. She is cautious.4. What does the woman want Tom to do?A. Help carry the heavy box. B. Go over his lesson. C. Take an exam.5. What is the probable relationship between the speakers?A. Employer and employee

4、. B. Customer and shopkeeper. C. Husband and wife.第二节(共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分)听下面5段对话或独自。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，各小题将给出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. Where does the conversation probably take place?A. In an office. B. At a restaurant. C. At home.7.

5、What does the man finally choose besides drinks?A. Sandwiches. B. Hamburgers. C. Cake.听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。8. How are the two speakers going to the concert?A. By bus. B. By taxi. C. By bike.9. Why does the man buy his helmet?A. He likes its shape. B. He likes its design. C. He wears it comfortably.听第8段材料，

6、回答第10至12题。10. How much change will the man receive?A. $18. B. $29. C. $3211. What does the man forget taking?A. His credit card. B. His change. C. His cash.12. Whom is the man buying a birthday gift for?A. Himself. B. His wife. C. His daughter.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13. When does the conversation probably

7、 take place?A. In June. B. In July. C. In September.14. What is Lois going to do in September next year?A. Do a one-year course.B. Start studying back to college.C. Begin teaching in a primary school.15. What is Lois interested in teaching?A. Science. B. French. C. English.16. What is the difference

8、 between a class in London and a class in Paris?A. The number of students.B. The grades of students.C. The way of classification.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. What does John do?A. An educator. B. An editor. C. An officer.18. What can be enjoyed in The Times?A. Some serious news.B. Some entertainment news.C.

9、 The football scores and horse racing.19. What newspapers can we get the gossip from?A. The Times and Daily Express.B. Daily Express and Daily Mirror.C. British Tabloids and Daily Mirror.20. What is the speaker mainly talking about?A. The newspapers in England.B. The history of English newspapers.C.

10、 The benefits of reading newspapers.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。AA painting of a famous artist could cost several million dollars in the market. This is why many artworkseven those that are housed inside highly guarded museumsgo missing. Here is a list

11、 of some of the most famous paintings that were lost, stolen or destroyed.Vincent Van Gogh s Poppy FlowersThis artwork was housed at the Mohammed Mahmoud Khalil Museum in Cairo. It was first lost in 1977, but was recovered 10 years after. The second time this same Vincent Van Gogh painting was stole

12、n was in August of 2010. The painting is estimated (估价) to be worth something between $50 and $55 million.Pablo Picasso s Le Pigeon Aux PetitsStolen on May 20, 2010, this painting by Spanish painter Pablo Picasso is worth $28 million. It was stolen at the Musee d Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, al

13、ong with five other artworks. However, the thieves threw the painting away in a trashcan when they were caught. But that container was emp-tied before the authorities got there. 11 was feared that the painting was already destroyed.Paul Cezanne s View of Auvers Sur OiseLost on December 31, 1990, thi

14、s artwork that used to be on exhibition at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford was stolen the night before the citys Millennium celebration. The thieves planned the robbery in time with the fireworks exhibition during peak of the celebrations. This artwork is esti-mated to be worth $5 million.Covert Flin

15、ck s Landscape with an ObeliskStolen on March 18, 1990, this artwork was at the Isabella Steward Gardner Museum in Boston. This painting by Covert Flinck was previously believed to be a Rembrandt creation. A huge cash reward of $5 million will be given to the person who can provide information leadi

16、ng to the recovery of the painting.21. In which of the following cities was Le Pigeon Aux Petits stolen?A. Cairo. B. Paris. C. Oxford. D. Boston.22. Who was mistakenly thought to create Landscape with an Obelisk?A. Pablo Picasso. B. Paul Cezanne. C. Covert Flinck. D. Rembrandt.23. What can we infer

17、about the four artworks mentioned in the text?A. They are given an approximate price.B. They are stolen when on exhibition.C. Some of them are lost nearly 30 years.D. Some of them have been found so far.BI became a magician by accident. When I was nine years old, I learned how to make a coin dis-app

18、ear. Id read The Lord of the Rings and risked coming into the adult section of the library to search for a book of spells (魔法)nine being that curious age at which you re old enough to work through more than 1,200 pages of mysterious fantasy literature but young enough to still hold out hope that you

19、 might find a book of real, actual magic in the library. The book I found instead taught basic sleight-of-hand technique, and I devoted the next months to practice.Initially, the magic wasnt any good. At first it wasnt even magic ; it was just a trick - a bad trick. I spent hours each day in the bat

20、hroom running through the secret moves in front of the mirror. I dropped the coin over and over, a thousand times in a day, and after two weeks of this my mom god a carpet sample from the store and placed it under the mirror to eliminate the sound of the coin falling again and again.I had heard my d

21、ad work through passages of new music on the piano, so I knew how to practiceslowly, deliberately, going for precision rather than speed. And then I tried the illusion (幻觉) in the mirror and an unbelievable scene took place. It did not look like a magic trick. It looked like a miracle. I knew that I

22、 had got what I wanted.One day I made the performance on the playground. We had been playing football and were standing by the backstop in the field behind the school. A dozen people were watching. I showed the coin to everyone. Then it disappeared. The kids screamed. They yelled, laughed, scrambled

23、 away. Everyone went crazy. This was great.24. What did the author enter the adult section of the library to do?A. Kill his time.B. Find a book of magic.C. Read The Lord of the Rings.D. Learn knowledge of literature.25. What does the underlined word eliminate in Paragraph 2 mean?A. Remove. B. Enlarg

24、e. C. Deliver. D. Track.26. What contributed to the authors success?A. His mothers help.B. The secret of quick moves.C. The inspiration from his father.D. His hard practice over and over.27. How would the author feel about the outcome of his performance on the playground?A. Its disappointing. B. It

25、unexpected.C. Its humorous. D. It wonderful.CEvery year in May, art galleries and museums often prepare shows to honor the life and works of the artist they call Leonardo, who died in France on May 2, 1519. He is remembered as one of the greatest artists and creative thinkers of all time- Among his

26、most famous paintings are The Mona Lisa and The Last Supper.Recently, researchers have been studying what they think is da Vincis earliest-known artwork. They used special lighting to study the artwork and discovered there were two images, not one. One drawing was on the back of the piece, which is

27、dated on August 5, 1473.The drawing on the front, made when Leonardo was 21 years old, shows a river valley and a cas-tie outside the city of Florence. There is little left of the drawing on the back , perhaps because it was rubbed off. Only a bridge over a river can be seen. But there is writing on

28、 both sides.The writing on the front gives the date and goes from right to left. Some people would call this mirror-writing. Leonardo often wrote this way in his notebooks. On the back, the handwriting goes from left to right, and tells about an agreement, probably to produce a work of art.Cecilia F

29、rosinini is an art historian. She said, Leonardo was born left-handed, but was taught to write with his right hand from a very young age. By looking at his writings, including from this drawing, one can see his right-handed calligraphy is educated and well done. Experts compared the two handwriting

30、samples and said they were both made by Leonardo. They show he could write well using both his left hand and his right hand.The drawing is known as Landscape 8P from its number in an art catalogue. It will be part of an exhibit at Italys Uffizi Gallery. The gallery director, Eike Schmidt, said by st

31、udying the drawing researchers give us a new way of looking at Leonardo s drawing technique and his abilities in writing.28. Which of the following is studied by researchers?A. The Mona Lisa. B. The Last S. C. Mirror-writing. D. Landscape 8P.29. What can we know about Leonardo from the text?A. He ca

32、n only write with his left hand.B. He can only write with his right hand.C. He can write well with either of his hands.D. He was born with an undeveloped left hand.30. How can Leonardo write in his notebooks?A. His handwriting goes from right to left.B. His handwriting goes from left to right.C. His handwriting goes from bottom to top.D. His handwriting goes from top to bottom.31. Whats Eike Schmidt