1、西北狼联盟高 2020 级一诊模拟联考英语试题第卷(共三部分)第一部分：听力（共两节，满分 30 分）第一节(共 5 小题;每小题 1.5 ,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并标在试卷的相应位置。 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.Where does the woman want to put the sofa?A Under a picture.B. By the window.C. Next to the piano.2.How often should
2、 the woman take her pills?A. Once per day.B. Twice per day.C. Three times per day.3.Who are wearing the blue in the movie?A. The English.B. The Italians.C. The Americans.4.Whats the relationship between the speakers?A. Aunt and nephew.B. Mother and son.C. Cousins.5.What are the speakers doing?A. Ord
3、ering food.B. Eating food.C. Making food.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。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.What season is it now?A. Spring.B. Summer.C. Autumn.7.What style will the man do with the womans hair?A. Make it messy.B.
4、Keep it long.C. Color it yellow.听第 7 段材料，回答第 8、9 题。8.What is the man saving his money for?A. A new car.B. A new computer.C. A new pair of shoes.9.What does the woman remind the man to do?A. Wash his clothes.B. Print out a rsum.C. Get something from the mall.听第 8 段材料，回答第 10 至 12 题。10.Why might the ma
5、n be in a bad mood?A.He doesnt like the dinner.B.He didnt do well in a test.C.He doesnt understand math class.11.What does the woman suggest the man do?A. Join a club.B. Eat more vegetables.C. Go out with her for a drive.12.Where are the speakers?A. At home.B. At school.C. At a mall.听第 9 段材料，回答第 13
6、至 16 题。13.What do we know about the woman?A.She is about to leave the city.B.She has just returned to the city.C.She has never been to the city before.14.What is much better than before?A. Public transportation.B. Local hotels.C. The streets.15.How does the woman feel about the present situation of
7、her old community?A. Impressed.B. Disappointed.C. Satisfied.16.Why is the man asking the questions?A.He wishes to work for the city government.B.He wants to do a school report.C.He is reporting for the news.听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题。17.Which route is the speaker mainly talking about?A. China-to-Italy.
8、B. China-to-France.C. China-to-Luxembourg.18.How long did it take the train to go to Italy from China in 2017?A. About 15 days.B. About 16 days.C. About 18 days.19.What does the speaker want the listeners to do?A.Give money to the project.B.Open up offices in Europe.C.Buy products from China.20.What
9、 kind of audience is the speaker probably talking to?A. Tourists.B. Bankers.C. Business owners.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）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选出最佳答案，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AIf youll be taking vacation time in the coming year and plan on flying, here are some shopping tips for you.
10、Those who fly first class and dont care what airline tickets cost are excused from this lesson.When to buyIf you are shopping for domestic (国内的) flights, check prices on Tuesday afternoons. This is an old tip but still useful because most US carriers continue to release sales on Tuesday morning, and
11、 competitors quickly drop their fares to match the better deals.When to flyWeekdays continue to be generally cheaper times to fly than weekends for most flights. In the US, the cheapest days are typically Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday. A good itinerary () for the expensive US spring break travel p
12、eriod is Tuesday to Saturday; it will save you money over weekend-to-weekend travel. Where to flyWe continue to see good deals to Boston and Denver and more and more nice prices to Chicago, Seattle and Washington, D.C. As for Europe, there have been surprising deals throughout the fall and those wil
13、l continue into the winter.Direct vs. connecting flightsCompare the price of direct with connecting flights. Sometimes adding a stop to your route will save you money. An example: an Francisco to Raleigh/Durham: $553 direct, $362 one-stop.Youd better think twice about the direct flight for San Franc
14、isco to Raleigh.Compare, compare, compareStifle the impulse to go to your favorite airline site to purchase tickets without doing any comparison. Example: Lets say you want to fly from New York to London and figure your favorite US legacy carrier will get you there for the best price. Airline price:
15、 $554 round-trip.However, the comparison site also showed a cheaper flight from the same legacy carrier ($521). See what youre missing when you fail to compare?1. When can you possibly find the best price for flights within the US?A. On Monday morning.B. On Tuesday morning.C. On Tuesday afternoon.D.
16、 On Sunday morning.2. What does the underlined phrase “stifle the impulse” in the last but one paragraph mean?A. Feel free to do something.B. Hold off on doing something.C. Get well prepared for something.D. Make quick decision on something.3. Who is the text intended for?A. Those who usually choose
17、 first class for their flights.B. Those who want to find suggestions on where to fly.C. Those who are traveling during the spring breakD. Those who are looking for the best airline ticket prices.BEach spring brings a new blossom of wildflowers in the ditches(沟渠)along the highway I travel daily to wo
18、rk.There is one particular blue flower that has always caught my eye. Ive noticed that it blooms only in the morning hours; the afternoon sun is too warm for it. Every day for approximately two weeks, I see those beautiful flowers.This spring, I started a wildflower garden in our yard. I can look ou
19、t of the kitchen window while doing the dishes and see the flowers. Ive often thought that those lovely blue flowers from the ditch would look great in that bed alongside other wildflowers. Every day I drove past the flowers thinking, III stop on my way home and dig them. Gee, I dont want to get my
20、good clothes dirty.,. Whatever the reason, I never stopped to dig them. My husband even gave me a folding tool one year for my trunk to be used for that expressed purpose.One day on my way home from work, I was upset to see that the highway department had removed the ditchesand the pretty blue flowe
21、rs were gone. I thought to myself, Way to go, you waited too long. You should have doneit when you first saw them blooming this spring.A week ago we were shocked and sad to learn that my oldest sister-in-law has a serious brain disease. She is20 years older than my husband and unfortunately, because
22、 of age and distance, we havent been as close as we all would have liked. I couldnt help but see the connection between the pretty blue flowers and the relationship between my husbands sister and us. I do believe that God has given us some time left to plant some wonderfulmemories that will bloom ev
23、ery year for us.And yes, if I see the blue flowers again, you can bet Ill stop and transplant them to my wildflower garden.4. Why does the writer want to start a wildflower garden in her yard?A. Because the flowers bloom only in the morning hours.B. Because she can see the flowers every day for two
24、weeks.C. Because the flowers can remind her of her oldest sister-in-law.D. Because she enjoys the way of life in company with the flowers.5. Which statement is NOT true according to the passage?A. The blue flowers in the ditches always draw my attention.B. We dont get on well with the sister-in-law
25、in practice.C. I never stopped to dig the flowers for some reason.D. The sister-in-law lives far from us.6. According to the passage, the writer will .A. stop to find the flowers whenever she drives along the highwayB. plant a variety of flowers in the garden in her yard in futureC. get as wonderful
26、 memories with the sister-in-law as beforeD. get more close to the sister-in-law in the following days7. What is the theme of the story?A. Actions speak louder than words.B. No sweets without sweat.C. Time and tide wait for no man.D. Opportunity belongs to whoever is prepared.CI.M. Pei, whose modern
27、 designs and high-profile projects made him one of the best-known and most prolific architects of the 20th century, has died. He was 102. A spokesman for Peis New York architecture firm confirmed his death to the Associated Press. Pei, whose designs included a controversial renovation of Paris Louvr
28、e Museum and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, died overnight, his son Chien Chung Pei told the New York Times.Ieoh Ming Pei, the son of an outstanding banker in China, left his homeland in 1935, moving to the US and studying architecture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and H
29、arvard. After teaching and working for the US government, he went to work for a New York developer in 1948 and started his own firm in 1955.The museums, municipal buildings, hotels, schools and other structures that Pei built around the world showed precision geometry（几何结构）and an abstract quality wi
30、th much respect for light. They were composed of stone, steel and glass and, as with the Louvre, Pei often worked glass pyramids into his projects.The Louvre, parts of which date to the 12th century, proved to be Pei s most controversial work, starting with the fact that he was not French. After bei
31、ng chosen for the job by the then president, Franois Mitterrand, surrounded by much secrecy, Pei began by making a four-month study of the museum and French history. He created a futuristic(极其现代的) 70ft-tall steel-framed, glass-walled pyramid as a grand entrance for the museum with three smaller pyra
32、mids nearby. It was a striking contrast to the existing Louvre structures in classic French style and was violently criticized by many French.Pei said the Louvre was undoubtedly the most difficult job of his career. He said he had wanted to create a modern space that did not detract（减损）from the trad
33、itional part of the museum. “Contemporary architects tend to impose modernity on something,” he said in a New York Times interview in 2008. “There is a certain concern for history but its not very deep. I understand that time has changed, we have evolved. But I dont want to forget the beginning. A l
34、asting architecture has to have roots.”When Pei won the international Pritzker Architecture Prize in 1983 he used the $100,000 award to start a program for aspiring Chinese architects to study in the US. Even though he formally retired from his firm in 1990, Pei was still taking on projects in his l
35、ate 80s, such as museums in Luxembourg, Qatar and his ancestral home of Suzhou.8. What can we learn from the first three paragraphs?A. Pei is famous for traditional designs in architecture.B. Pei built the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland.C. Pei set up his own firm with the help of a New York
36、 developer.D. Pei put the elements light and glass pyramids into the Louvre.9. What is the French attitude towards Peis job of the Louvre?A. Positive.B. Neutral.C. Critical.D. Objective.10. What is the purpose of Paragraph 5?A. To explain Peis idea about the Louvre innovation job.B. To list the mode
37、rnity of the Louvre innovation.C. To show Peis love for traditional culture.D. To present Peis contributions to architecture in history.11. Which of the following words can best describe Pei?A. Productive and stubborn.B. Generous and persistent.C. Hard-working and humorous.D. Tolerant and considerat
38、e.DNASAs Curiosity vehicle recently recorded the largest level of methane(甲烷) ever measured during its seven-year Mars mission. The discovery is exciting because the existence of methane gas could support the case for life on Mars.Methane has no color or smell. A special instrument on Curiositys Mar
39、s Science Laboratory recorded the increased gas level. The device, called a laser spectrometer, measures levels of chemical elements and gases in the Martian atmosphere. In addition to methane, the instrument can record levels of water and CO2. Nearly all the methane gas found in Earths atmosphere i
40、s produced by biological activity. It usually comes from animal and plant life. But it can also be formed by geological(地质的) processes, such as interactions between rocks and water. NASA said the increased methane was measured to be about 21 parts per billion by volume (ppbv). One ppbv means that if
41、 you take a volume of air on Mars, one billionth of the volume of air is methane.It was not the first time Curiosity has found methane gas in the Martian atmosphere. About a year ago, NASA announced that Curiosity had discovered sharp seasonal increases in the gas. This time, NASA said the measured
42、methane gas level was clearly larger than any others observed in the past. NASA officials even temporarily stopped Curiositys other activities to investigate further.“Its exciting because microbial(微生物的) life is an important source of methane on Earth,” NASA said in a statement announcing the discov
43、ery. However, Curiositys team carried out a follow-up methane experiment that showed a sharp drop in levels of the gas. The second examination found the level was less than one part per billion by volume. That number was close to the background levels Curiosity sees all the time. The rise and fall o
44、f the methane gas levels left NASA scientists with more questions than answers. The scientists are continuing to study possible causes for the sudden increase. The methane mystery continues.Curiosity does not have instruments that can exactly identify whether the source of the methane is biological
45、or geological. One leading theory is that methane is being released from underground areas created by possible life forms that disappeared long ago. Even though Mars has no active volcanoes, scientists believe it is also possible that methane is being produced by reactions involving carbon materials
46、 and water.A clearer understanding of methane levels over time could help scientists determine where theyre located on Mars. Scientists hope this understanding will come as Curiosity continues to collect methane data in its search for possible life.12. Curiosity discovered.A. the largest methane gas
47、 level ever observed on MarsB. the existence of life on MarsC. the reason for the increased methaneD. interactions between rocks and water13. Why did NASA officials once stop Curiositys other activities?A. To further examine the methane gas level on Mars.B. To seek possible life existing on Mars.C.
48、To check the quality of Curiositys mission.D. To find seasonal increases in the methane gas.14. What can we learn from the last three paragraphs?A. Causes for the change of methane have been proved by Curiosity.B. Curiosity has proved the location of methane by instruments.C. Scientists think reactions involving carbon materials and water may produce methane.D. Identifying the source of methane has helped scientists search for possible life on Mars.15. The passage is probably taken from .A. a geography
