1、20192020学年度下学期高三年级一调考试英语试卷 本试卷分第卷（选择题）和第卷(非选择题)两部分，共150分，考试时间120分钟。注意事项：1答题前，考生务必将自己的姓名、考号用铅笔涂写在答题卡上。2每小题选出答案后，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，再选涂其它答案标号。3二卷试题用黑色中性笔作答。第一卷（选择题 共90分）第一部分 听力 (共两节，满分20分)第一节
2、听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的的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 woman play twice a week?A Tennis. B. Basketball. C. Football.2. What does the man
3、 mean?A. The woman is sitting in the seat. B. The woman should move her things. C. The woman shouldn't eat popcorn.3. What will the man do on Saturday?A. Order two movie tickets. B. Study at the library. C.
4、 Go to an exhibition.4. Where are the speakers probably?A. At a store. B. In a classroom. C. In an office.5. What is the man trying to do?A. Read the instruction book. B Find some ba
5、tteries for the controllers. C. Watch something different on TV.第二节 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，并标在试卷的相应位置。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. How does the woman feel about science?A. She is excited by it &n
6、bsp; B. She is uninterested in it C. She is good at it.7. Where will the woman stay until 7: 00?A. In a meeting room. B. In the campus cafeteria. C. In the library.听第 7 段材料，回答第 8至10 题。8. Why was the woman
7、 thinking of moving the car?A. She parked in a spot for the disabled.B. There were better spaces available.C. The parking space was a little small.9. Where will the woman and Jenny go first?A. To the drugstore. B. To the hair salon. &nbs
8、p; C. To the shoe store.10. Whats the probable relationship between the speakers?A. Husband and wife. B. Mother and son. C. Waitress and customer.听第 8 段材料，回答第 11至 13 题。11. According to the woman, why do many American
9、kids use chopsticks?A. They learn it in school. B. Chopsticks are easy to handle. C. it s a fun part of eating Chinese food.12. What has the man never seen in China?A. Fortune cookies. B. W
10、hite containers. C. A knife and fork.13. What can we learn about the little messages?A. They are about the future.B. People take them pretty seriously.C. Most customers are not happy about them.听第 9 段材料，回答第 14 至 16 题。14. What did the woman see in Thailand?A J
11、ungles. B. Islands. C. Elephants.15. What does the man say about his Chinese host families?A. They were all pretty similar.B. They helped improve his language skills. &
12、nbsp; C. They took him out to great restaurants.16. What are the speakers mainly talking about?A. Their best vacation.B. Their life of studying abroad. C. Their favorite cities in China.听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题。17. Which place was h
13、it by heavy snow last night?A. Washington D. C. B. New Jersey. C. Maryland.18.What are the temperatures in the northern states right now?A. Below ten degrees. B. Below twenty d
14、egrees C. Below thirty degrees.19. What is nineteen degrees colored on the map?A. Blue. B. Purple. C. Red.20. What day is it today?A.
15、Thursday. B. Saturday. C. Friday.第二部分 阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）第一节 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项。ANEW HAVEN, ConnecticutA surprise awaited students in Yale who showed up for
16、 Professor Laurie Santos class. They got slips of paper that said, “No class today.” There was only one rule for the students unexpected free timeThey were not allowed to study, but to relax. Since exams and papers were coming up, everyone was tired and stressed. At this moment they were touched. Wi
17、th around applause, nine students hugged Santos, and two burst into tears.Yet, cancelling class was not just a break. It was also a challenge, as she was asking them to stop worrying about their grades, even if it was just an hour. One student went to the Yale University Art Gallery for the first ti
18、me in her four years at Yale. A group of students went to a recording studio and played a new song. More people were outside, and more were smiling. Thats why about 1, 200 students were taking Santos class, called “Psychology and the Good Life,” the largest class in Yales 317-year history. Even non-
19、Yale students had the chance to take Santos class. It was offered as an online course and she immediately became an Internet hit.Skyler Robinson, one of her students, was at a loss for a while about what to do during his break, and then decided to take a nap. “It was a great nap,” he commented. Sant
20、os designed the class after she realized that her students kept busy through long days that seemed far more depressing and joyless than her own college years. “They feel theyre in this crazy rat race. Theyre working so hard that they cant take a single hour off. Thats awful.”The ideas behind the cla
21、ss are simple. Santos said, “It is the hope that science can help students find peace among all the stresses and difficulties they face at college.” The lessons include showing more gratitude, performing acts of kindness and increasing social connections. The students really wanted to learn to lead
22、a happy life in a science-driven way. Santos also noted the psychological happening of “mis-wanting”, which led people to work towards the wrong goals in life.One week, Santo asked students to exercise. Another week, she wanted them to get more sleep. They worked hard to keep some new habits. Social
23、 science research led to many new understandings of how people find happiness. She thinks her class can change Yale, or rather, not just Yale.21. How did students respond to the cancelling class?A. They expressed their concern. B. They were at a loss what to do.C. T
24、hey showed gratitude to the teacher. D. They were eager to study individually.22. How can we know Santos class was popular?A. From the attendance in her class.B. From the subject she taught.C. From the long history of Yale.D. From the release of the online course.23. What can students l
25、earn from Santos class?A. To develop good study habits.B. To let exercise become their routine.C. To better understand how to find happiness.D. To do something joyful during the stressful time.24. What can we infer from the text?A. Santos had a more stressful time in her college.B. Students would be
26、 in rat race after Santos class.C. Santos influence can reach a wider range of people.D. Santos is going to cancel more classes for better effects.BAs unpleasant emotions go, anxiety is the roughest. Its a vague, pit-of-the-stomach fear that sneaks up to you - that unease you get when your boss says
27、 that she needs to talk to you right away, when the phone rings at 4:00 a.m., or when your dentist looks into your mouth and says “Hmm” for the third time.Lasting anxiety can keep you up at night, make you bad-tempered, weaken your ability to concentrate, and ruin your appetite. And the constant sta
28、te of readiness generated by anxiety- heart racing, palms sweating - may contribute to high blood pressure and heart disease.How to prevent anxiety then?Meditate. Maybe youre just anxious. If so, meditation(冥想) is worth a try. It cultivates a calmness that eases anxious feelings and offers a sense o
29、f control. A study at the University of Massachusetts found that volunteers who took an 8-week meditation course were considerably less anxious afterward. People who are anxious find that they are dramatically calmer with 20 minutes of meditation in the morning and another 20 minutes after dinner.Jo
30、g,walk, swim, or cycle. If you cant make time for meditation, be sure to make time for regular exercise. Exercise can have the same calming effect as meditation, particularly if its something repetitive like running or swimming laps.Treatment?Remember to breathe. When youre anxious, you tend to hold
31、 your breath or breathe too shallowly. That makes you feel more anxious. Breathing slowly and deeply can have a calming effect. To make sure that youre breathing correctly, place your hand on your diaphragm(横膈膜), just below your rib cage(胸腔). Feel it rise with each breath in and fall with each breat
32、h out.Lets say you are anxious about your competence on the job. Ask yourself “What, in particular, am I afraid that Ill mess up?” Maybe youre afraid that you get further behind and miss your deadlines. Or maybe youre worried that youre blowing it whenever you present your ideas in meetings. Have yo
33、u had several near misses with deadlines? Are your suggestions routinely rejected? If not, the anxiety is needless. If there is a real problem, work on a solution: Pace yourself to better meet deadlines, or join a public speaking class.25. Which of the following symptoms is NOT directly caused by an
34、xiety?A. Lower in concentration. B. No appetite.C. Heart racing. D. High blood pressure.26. According to the passage, what can be done to avoid anxiety?A. Exercising regularly. B. Keeping breath steady.C. Breathing shallowly with the help of hands
35、. D. Adjusting the pace of life.27. What is the last paragraph about?A. Anxiety at work and its solutions. B. Peoples anxiety about their capabilities.C. The reason for someones incompetence. D. The function of public speaking class.COne mans white brea
36、d is another mans green vegetables.Thats the key from The Personalised Diet, a new book from Israeli authors Eran Segal and Eran Elinav. The authors say its time to admit to ourselves that one-size-fits-all diets dont work, and when it comes to nutrition,its about doing what works best for your body
37、, not catching the latest diet fashion. “For years,weve been trying to search for that silver-bullet diet and weve been miserably failing,” Segal said. “And thats because the best diet for each person really has to be tailored to that individual.”They conducted a personalised nutrition project at We
38、izmann, where hundreds of volunteers agreed to have their blood sugar tested after meals. One participant in the study, a woman named Ruti, said she was surprised that it was tomatoes - not ice cream or candies - that were raising her blood sugar level. Ruti recalled, “I have now significantly reduc
39、ed my intake of tomato and Im feeling much more energetic, which still surprises me. I have already lost a couple of pounds, and I have high hopes that I have finally found the answer to my weight struggle, too.”The Israeli scientists found that some people can consume traditionally unhealthy foods
40、with little or no rise in their blood sugar levels, while others have a stronger response, and therefore shouldnt eat those foods. Its those kinds of results that you can only find from a personalised diet.“What we were surprised to find out was just like any other food, there is no such thing as go
41、od bread,” Elinav said. “The response to bread was completely individualised.” 28. What is suggested in the first sentence? A. Everyone has their own tastes. B. Nutrition serves your body best.C. Peoples response to the same food is different.D. The latest diet doesnt fit
42、 each person.29. What does “that silver-bullet diet” refer to?A. A diet that is low in fat. B. A diet that begins a new diet trend.C. A diet that works best for everyone. D. A diet that provides all the nutrition.30. Rutis ex
43、ample suggests that to control weight, one needs to .A. eat much fewer tomatoes B. control their blood sugar levelsC. struggle for weight loss constantly D. eat according to his or her blood
44、 sugar level31. Why is Elinavs opinion on bread mentioned in the last paragraph?A. To advise people not to eat unhealthy food. B. To stress the need of the personalised diet. C. To explain the popularity of white bread. D. To show the importance of good bread. DArchaeologist
45、s used DNA taken from a broken clay pipe stem found in Maryland to build a picture of an enslaved woman who died around 200 years ago and had origins in modern-day Sierra Leone. One researcher called the work “a mind-blower.”“In this particular context, and from that time period, I think its a first
46、,” team member Hannes Schroeder told The Washington Post. “To be able to get DNA from an object like a pipe stem is quite exciting. Also it is exciting for descendant(后裔) communities. Through this technology, theyre able to make a connection not only to the site but potentially back to Africa.” The
47、pipe stem was found at the Belvoir plantation in Crownsville, Maryland, where enslaved people lived until 1864 and where a likely slave cemetery was recently found. DNA taken from the pipe linked back to a woman either directly from or descended from the Mende people, who lived in west Africa, in an
48、 area now part of Sierra Leone.Julie Schablitsky, the chief archaeologist with the Maryland state highway administration, told The Post the discovery, based on saliva(唾液) absorbed into the clay pipe, was a “mind-blower”. She also said records show the existence of a slave trade route Sierra Leone to
49、 Annapolis, plied(定期往来) by British and American ships. “As soon as people stepped on those slave ships in Africa,” she said, “whether they were from Benin or whether they were from Sierra Leone, wherever they were from, that identity was lost. Their humanity is robbed. Who they are as a people has g
50、one.”The new analysis is part of ongoing research around Belvoir that has given descendants of the people enslaved there new insight into the lives of their ancestors. Speaking to The Post, Nancy Daniels, a genealogist from Laurel, Maryland, who thinks she is a descendant of enslaved families from B
51、elvoir but was not linked to the research on the pipe, called the discovery “overwhelming.” “Im sitting here about ready to cry,” she said. “Im sorry. I'm so happy . Thank God for the DNA.”This year, events and ceremonies are being held to mark the 400th anniversary of the arrival of the first e
52、nslaved people in America, at Jamestown, Virginia, in 1619. 32. What does the phrase “a mind-blower” in paragraphs 1 and 4 refer to? A. A surprise B. A confusion C. An excitement D. A fascination33. According to Hannes Schroeder, the pipe stem was of great significance beca
53、use_.A. it was the first direct evidence that slaves living in Maryland were originally from Africa. B. it helped the archaeologists to draw a portrait of the enslaved woman.C. it might contribute to identifying the birthplace of the descendant communities.D. it contained genetic clues to the ancestral background of its owner.34. What can be inferred from the p
