湖南省湘东七校2020届高三上学期12月联考英语试卷 Word版含答案.doc

1、 英英语试题语试题 总分：150 分 时量：120 分钟 姓名：_ 考号：_ 注意事项注意事项: 1. 答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。 2. 回答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用铅笔把答题卡上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。 第一部分第一部分 听力听力(共两节，满分共两节，满分 30 分分) 做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。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。 第一节第一节 (共共 5 小题；每小题小题；每

2、小题 1.5 分，满分分，满分 7.5 分分) 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. How did the man come to meet the woman? A. By bus. B. On foot. C. By car. 2. What is the woman doing? A. Making a list. B. Baking cookies. C. Shopping for groceries. 3. When will t

3、he woman visit Mr. Blair? A. On Wednesday morning. B. On Wednesday afternoon. C. On Friday afternoon. 4. Why does the man change his lifestyle? A. To stop smoking. B. To keep his mouth and hands busy. C. To quit drinking. 5. What are the speakers mainly talking about? A. A fire. B. A matchbox. C. A

4、department store. 第二节第二节(共共 15 小题，每小题小题，每小题 1.5 分，满分分，满分 22.5 分分) 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 小题。 6. When are the speakers going to meet? A. At 6:00. B. At 7:15. C. At 7:30. 7. What does th

5、e woman suggest doing after 9:30? A. Eating out. B. Seeing a film. C. Writing a report. 听第 7 段材料，回答 8、9 小题。 8. Why does Sandra have a talk with Richard? A. To leave her job. B. To apply for volunteer work. C. To take part in a sports project. 9. What is Richards attitude towards Sandras decision? A.

6、 Skeptical. B. Supportive. C. Uninterested. 听第 8 段材料，回答第 10 至 12 小题。 10. What was the woman doing when the accident happened? A. Driving a car. B. Going to Lake Street. C. Waiting for the green light. 11. Which car ran away after the accident? A. The one driving west. B. The one driving north. C. Th

7、e one driving on Fifth Street. 12. What do we know about the car going through the red light? A. It was a red car. B. The driver was a woman. C. There was no passenger in it. 听第 9 段材料，回答第 13 至 16 小题。 13. What problem does the man have? A. He is wondering how to turn in his college application. B. He

8、 doesnt know how to give his personal statement. C. No one wants to write recommendation letters for him. 14. What is the womans advice? A. Just being honest. B. Studying harder. C. Choosing a career early. 15. What might the man write his essay about? A. What to major in. B. His unknown future. C.

9、His high school experience. 16. Who is Mrs. Watson? A. The mans math teacher. B. The mans English teacher. C. The mans drama teacher. 听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 小题。 17. Where is the speaker? A. On Stage 3. B. On Stage 2. C. On Stage 1. 18. What can adults do in the organizers office? A. Get first aid. B.

10、 Use public telephones. C. Collect their lost children. 19. What should people do when leaving the stadium? A. Be as quiet as possible. B. Go to the northeast of Stage 2. C. Use the side entrance next to the car park. 20. When does the speaker give this talk? A. After the performances. B. During the

11、 performances. C. Before the performances. 第二部分第二部分 阅读理解阅读理解(共两节，满分共两节，满分 40 分分) 第一节第一节 (共共 15 小题；每小题小题；每小题 2 分，满分分，满分 30 分分) 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。 A KIPP schools work closely with families to create a welcoming school environment where students can succeed. Through phone calls, e-ma

12、ils, home visits, and parent-teacher conferences, KIPP schools regularly communicate with families about their childs academic development to help students from educationally undeserved communities develop the knowledge, skills, character, and habits needed to succeed in college and the competitive

13、world beyond. Enroll（注册）（注册）at a KIPP school KIPP schools are tuition-free, public schools open to all students. To enroll your child in a KIPP school, please contact the school in your community directly by phone or e-mail. A safe and structured environment Students need physical and emotional safe

14、ty in order to take risks and learn from their successes and their mistakes. Our schools provide an environment with minimal distractions(干扰) and more time for academics, so our students love school and maximize their learning. A three-way partnership By choosing KIPP, students, parents, and teacher

15、s make a commitment to excellence. All three parties are in it together. They sign an agreement called the Commitment to Excellence, which ensures that each will do whatever it takes to help the student learn. All KIPP schools share a common approach and yet every KIPP school is unique. Tour a schoo

16、l to better understand the culture, schedule and curriculum. 21. How do KIPP schools keep in touch with childrens families? A. By ringing, e-mailing them, holding parent-teacher meetings, etc. B. Through home visits, e-mails, interviews, etc. C. By talking face to face, writing letters, etc. D. Thro

17、ugh debates, phones, meetings, etc. 22. Who are allowed to be admitted to KIPP schools? A. Students from all classes. B. Students with good talents. C. Students from poor families. D. Students with special education. 23. What is the purpose of the last part of the passage? A. To attract tourists. B.

18、 To make a summary. C. To introduce the school. D. To make a suggestion. B A 9-year-old child prodigy(神童) from Belgium is more than a decade ahead of his peers as hes set to graduate from college next month, according to a new report. Laurent Simons, who is studying electrical engineering at Eindhov

19、en University of Technology, is set to finish his degree by December, CNN reported. The young genius will then go for his PhD in electrical engineering, while also working for a degree in medicine. Prestigious universities like Cambridge, Harvard around the world have already reached out to recruit

20、Laurent, but his parents, Lydia and Alexander Simons, wouldnt say where the youngster plans to pursue his next degree. Laurents grandparents were the first to recognize he had a gift, his parents told CNN. They noticed something very special about Laurent, Lydia said. Then his teachers confirmed he

21、was no ordinary student. They told us he is like a sponge, Alexander told CNN. The absorption of information is no problem for Laurent. Laurent comes from a family of doctors but his parents are still grappling to explain how he absorbs knowledge so quickly. I ate a lot of fish during the pregnancy,

22、 Lydia joked. Sjoerd Hulshof, an education director for the electrical engineering bachelors program at the university, told CNN that Laurent is simply extraordinary. Laurent is the fastest student we have ever had here, he said. Not only is he hyper intelligent but also a very sympathetic boy. The

23、university has allowed Laurent to complete his studies faster than others which Hulshof said is not unusual. 24. What does the underlined word prestigious most probably mean? A. respected and admired B. meaningful and expensive C. ideal and unforgettable D. valuable and luxurious 25. Who first disco

24、vered that Laurent Simons was gifted? A. his parents B. his teachers C. his grandparents D. his peers 26. Which of the following best describes Laurent Simons EXCEPT _? A. intelligent B. sympathetic C. extraordinary D. stubborn 27. We can learn from the passage that _. A. Laurent will continue his s

25、chooling for his PHD in Eindhoven University of Technology. B. Eindhoven University of Technology absolutely lies in Belgium. C. The reason for Laurents being smart is that his mother ate enough fish before giving birth to him. D. Besides electrical engineering, Laurent is also interested in other s

26、cience fields. C The hands of nature have always sculpted works of breathtaking beauty, creating an unusual sight at the home of Santa Claus. A rare collection of ice eggs recently took over a beach in Finland, the result of highly particular conditions according to The Guardian. Amateur photographe

27、r Risto Mattila was among those who came across the icy balls on Hailuoto Island in the Gulf of Bothnia between Finland and Sweden. The biggest of the eggs was about the size of a football, Mattila told The Guardian. It was an amazing view. I have never seen that phenomenon before. The eggs are crea

28、ted by a rare process in which small pieces of ice are rolled over by wind and water, experts said. It needs the right air temperature (below zero, but only a bit), the right water temperature (near freezing point), a shallow and gently sloping sandy beach and calm waves, maybe a light swell, said J

29、ouni Vainio, an ice specialist at the Finnish Meteorological Institute. It also needs something to act as the core. The core begins to collect ice around it and the swell moves it along the beach, forward and backward. A small balls surface gets wet, freezes and becomes bigger, Vainio added. Autumn

30、is the perfect season to observe the phenomenon, according to James Carter, emeritus professor of geography-geology at Illinois State University, as this is when ice starts to form on the surface of water, causing a form of slush when moved by waves. Similar sights have also been found in Russia and

31、 on Lake Michigan near Chicago. Back in 2016, local residents of Nyda in Siberia saw giant balls of ice and snow covering an 18-kilometer stretch of coastline, ranging from the size of a tennis ball to almost 1 meter across. Chinese netizens, stunned by the magic of nature, said everyone is duty-bou

32、nd to protect the environment so nature will reward us with more surprises. Some would like to touch these icy balls themselves, joking that If there are ice eggs, there are ice chickens. 28. How are the ice eggs formed? A. Small pieces of ice are rolled over by wind and water. B. They are set by ph

33、otographer Risto Mattila. C. Little cores begin to collect snow around them and the swell moves them along the beach. D. Drops of cold rain get frozen and then roll to the beach. 29. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage? A. People can enjoy the unusual sights in different part

34、s of the world. B. The formation of ice eggs needs a lot of conditions. C. The appearance of ice eggs shows a disastrous phenomenon. D. Some specialists began to do some research about the unusual phenomenon. 30. What do people suggest by saying If there are ice eggs, there are ice chickens. ? A. Ch

35、ickens hatch out of eggs. B. If everyone protects the environment, nature will reward us with more surprises. C. Nature can create both eggs and chickens. D. In future, ice eggs and ice chickens will appear at the same time. 31. Where is this text most likely from? A. A diary. B. A guidebook. C. A n

36、ovel. D. A web page. D AIDS may be one of the most undesirable diseases in the world. Luckily, there is now hope for AIDS patients. According to a recent paper published in the New England Journal of Medicine, Chinese scientists have successfully used CRISPR technology a method of gene editing to tr

37、eat a patient with HIV. While it may not have cured the patient fully, it still represents a huge step forward in fighting the disease. The patient was a 27-year-old Chinese man who was diagnosed with both AIDS and acute lymphoblastic leukemia (急性淋巴细胞白血病), a type of blood cancer. Despite his hopeles

38、s situation, doctors offered him a glimmer of hope: a bone marrow (骨髓) transplant to treat his cancer and an experimental treatment for his HIV. They used this opportunity to edit the DNA in bone marrow stem cells from a donor before transplanting the cells into the patient. Specifically, the treatm

39、ent involved using the gene-editing tool CRISPR-Cas9 to delete a gene known as CCR5, which encodes a protein that HIV uses to get inside human cells. Without the gene, HIV is unable to infiltrate cells. Talking about the gene, lead scientist Deng Hongkui told CNN, After being edited, the cells and t

40、he blood cells they produce have the ability to resist HIV infection. Nineteen months after the treatment, the patients leukemia was in complete remission (缓解) and donor cells without CCR5 remained, according to the research paper. Though the transplant did not cure the mans HIV, it still showed the

41、 effectiveness of gene-editing technology, as there was no indication of any unintended genetic alterations a major concern with past gene therapy experiments. Amesh Adalja, a senior scholar at the Johns Hopkins Centre for Health Security in the United States, who was not involved in the study, prai

42、sed the treatment. They did a very innovative experiment. It was safe, he told Live Science. It should be viewed as a success. Deng believes gene-editing technology could bring a new dawn to blood-related diseases such as AIDS and sickle cell anemia (镰刀形细胞性贫血). Thanks to this new technology, the goa

43、l of a functional cure for AIDS is getting closer and closer, he said. 32. The technology of CRISPR is to _. A. transplant cells B. encode genes C. remove proteins D. produce cells 33. What was the result of the treatment? A. CCR5 and other genes in the patients cells were changed. B. The number of

44、cells infected by HIV decreased. C. Some of the patients blood cells could resist HIV infection. D. HIV no longer existed in the patients cells. 34. What do we know about the experiment? A. It provided an innovative way to cure AIDS patients. B. It pointed out the problems of gene therapy. C. It cou

45、ld offer a safe treatment for blood-related diseases. D. Its the first experiment to use gene-editing technology to treat AIDS. 35. Which is the best title of the passage? A. A New Treatment to Patients B. New Hope for HIV Patients C. A New Medical Invention D. New Technology, New Hope 第二节第二节 (共共 5

46、小题；每小题小题；每小题 2 分，满分分，满分 10 分分) 根据短文内容， 从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。 选项中有两项为多余选项。 It is an issue that is constantly being discussed in the media by politicians, scientists and activists. 36 Essentially, climate change is a long-term shift in average weather patterns and temperatures on a large and global s

47、cale. The huge increase in human contribution to the release of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases means that there has been a global temperature rise and consequently changes to our global climate. 37 It saw a boom in large-scale industries and manufacturing but ultimately also saw widesprea

48、d pollution across the majority of more economically developed countries. According to the Met Office, the global temperature was stable around 11,000 years before the Industrial evolution. 38 However, since this, the level of carbon dioxide in the air has risen due to the burning of fossil fuels re

49、leasing harmful greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide and methane into the air, causing them to build up in the Earths atmosphere. 39 How does climate change affect the Earth? Climate change has been seen to contribute to rising ocean levels, increased acidification of our oceans, and more frequent extreme weather events such as droughts, heatwaves, and flooding.