1、 第 - 1 - 页 共 14 页 - 1 - 2020 届高三年级第二次教学质量检测 英语卷 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。 A New Yorks
2、 best classes for kids include sports classes, performing arts classes, art classes, language programs and baby classes. Make sure your kids are ready for new adventures with these super-cool offerings! 92nd Street Y Classes At this institution your musician can learn how to play an instrument. Afte
3、r-school classes examine different musical pieces and encourage work in a group setting. At the end of the program, mini Mozarts can impress their family and friends at open-house performances. Plus，when theyre not jamming， kids can take advantage of homework help in the Clubhouse, where they are di
4、vided up by grade level. Ages 5 - 15. The Cliffs at LIC . After a day of fighting the academic obstacle course at school, your favorite achievers can reach new heights on a rock-climbing wall. The Cliffs offerings allow developing bodies to build muscle strength. For example, introductory sessions t
5、each climbers how to tie safety knots(结) as well as other basics, mastering them with hands-on games and activities. The Cliffs at LIC, Long Island City. Ages 6-18. Staten Island Skating Pavilion This large area maintains its year-round frosty temperatures for ice-skating fun. Courses are 第 - 2 - 页
6、共 14 页 - 2 - offered every day for a variety of interests and skill levels, and public and freestyle sessions are available for children who want to spend some afternoons there without instruction. Ages 4 and up. West Side YMCA If your child wants to learn how to swim, youd be pressed to find more o
7、ptions than those offered at the Y. Kids are grouped by age and capability. The courses cover personal safety and stroke techniques. If your offspring prefer dry land, the Y also offers dance, basketball and football. Visit website for class descriptions and detailed price information. Ages 5 - 18.
8、1. Who is the passage intended for? A. Elementary school teachers. B. Children around school age. C. Families looking for attraction. D. Parents with under-age children. 2. Which event will you attend for occasional academic help? A. The Cliffs at LIC. B. West Side YMCA. C. 92nd Street Y Classes. D.
9、 Staten Island Skating Pavilion. 3. What does Staten Island Skating Pavilion provide? A. A mini open-house performance at the end of the program. B. Cold temperatures all the year round for ice- skating. C. Teaching of skating in divided groups according to their age. . D. Introductory lessons on ho
10、w to overcome the learning obstacles. B That morning, I dropped our eldest at kindergarten and returned home to let our two younger children play while I worked on my medical report. It was wonderful, but it hit me that my career in hospital wasnt making a difference in anyones life. I needed someth
11、ing that would stretch my limits and push me to grow. My career enabled me to work from home. I could work from home, and become a foster(领养) mother, providing safety for a child who needed it desperately. On Monday morning, I picked up the phone and dialed the number I had googled for the nearest D
12、epartment of Childrens Services. The man on the other end was receptive to my questions and explained the next step of training, involving eight weeks of classes designed to prepare and educate foster parents. We continued through all the classes, the home visits, background checks, and seemingly en
13、dless steps. 第 - 3 - 页 共 14 页 - 3 - Five long months after we were approved, the phone rang. In the middle of the night, I woke my husband and rushed to East Tennessee Childrens Hospital. Our placement was waiting for us in the emergency room, sick and lack of nutrition. It didnt take long for us to
14、 realize the full depth of her suffering. Six months later, her half-brother came to us by our request. We now had five children under our care. On August 12, 2016, our family of seven walked into a small courtroom. The childrens lawyer and social worker were there. With just a few words， our adopti
15、on was finalized. These two amazing children werent going home, because they were already home. We are their forever family, and they are our forever children. We may not be able to change the entire world, but we have changed the world entirely for our new children. 4. How did the author feel about
16、 her hospital work? A. Lacking in motivation. B. Unusually demanding. C. Filled with challenges. D. Packed with chances. 5. What led the author to decide to adopt children? A. She felt sympathetic for abused children she knew. B. She wanted to make a difference in other people. C. She felt confident
17、 about her ability to raise children. D. She experienced training to raise children properly. 6. What does the underlined word “placement“ in Para. 3 refer to? A. The child to be adopted. B. The need to get trained. C. The approval of adoption. D. The official at the hospital. 7. Why did the author
18、appear at the courtroom? A. To put the adopted kids elsewhere. B. To receive another adopted child. C. To make the adoption officially legal. D. To begin the kids adoption in her home. C The kakapo, a bird that lives in New Zealand，is not designed for survival. Weighing up to 4 kilograms, it is the
19、worlds fattest parrot. It mates(交配) only when the rimu tree is in fruit, which happens every few years. It developed gradually in the absence of land-based natural enemies, so instead of flying above the trees it walks like a duck across the dry forest floor. When it moves 第 - 4 - 页 共 14 页 - 4 - uns
20、teadily across something that might kill it, it will stand still. Such unusual characteristics turned it into fast food for human settlers, and for the cats and rats they brought with them. It seemed to have disappeared by the 1970s, until scientists came across two undiscovered populations in the c
21、ountrys south. These survivors were eventually moved to small enemy-free islands, where researchers have spent decades trying to get them to breed(繁殖). The scientists patience is finally rewarded. The rimu was in fruit this year, and more than 80 chicks hatched，making this the best breeding season o
22、n record. Many have survived into adolescence, increasing the number of adult kakapos by a third, to 200 birds. Another danger to the kakapo is a lack of genetic diversity. This is one reason why fewer than half of kakapo egg hatch. By arranging the genome(基因组) of every living bird, scientists can i
23、dentify closely related individuals and put them on different islands. Every bird is fitted with something to track its slightest movement. If a female mates with an “unsuitable” male, the process can be stopped. All these efforts cost almost New Zealand $1.3 million this breeding season. Yet the ka
24、kapos future still looks unsafe. Earlier this year a severe disease tore through the population. And tiny as the number of kakapos is, space is running out on the two islands where most of them live. New enemy-free settlement must soon be found. 8. Which of the following is a danger for the survival
25、 of the kakapo? A. It is the smallest bird in the world. B. It lacks exercise and usually stands still. C. It adapts slowly in genetic development. D. It cant respond actively when facing danger. 9. In what way may the scientists patience be rewarded? A. They hatched 80 kakapos eggs this year. B. Th
26、ey tried to make the rimu tree in fruit this year. C. Two survivors were moved to enemy-free islands. D.50 chicks hatched have survived into adults this year. 10. Why did the scientists put kakapo in different islands? A. To stop closely-related kakapos mating. B. To increase the population of kakap
27、o. C. To stop females mating with males. D. To hatch more kakapos eggs. 11. According to the author, the efforts to protect the kakapo in New Zealand are 第 - 5 - 页 共 14 页 - 5 - A. successful B. unsafe C. doubtful D. inadequate D “New and improved.“ These words are put in so many marketing campaigns
28、that we tend to accept them as linked. But many new drugs arent an improvement over the best existing drug for a given condition, and the fast drug-approval processes in recent years have added to the uncertainty about their advantages. A recent report in the British Medical Journal, “New Drugs: Whe
29、re Did We Go Wrong and What Can We Do Better?,“ analysed the issue. The authors looked at 216 drugs approved between 2011 and 2017; 152 were newly developed, and 64 were existing medicine approved for new uses. Only 25% offered a major advantage over the established treatment, and fully 58% had no c
30、onfirmed added benefit to reduce symptoms or improve health-related quality of life. “This doesnt mean theres no added benefit,“ lead author Wieseler said. “It just means we have no positive proof. Either we have no studies or have studies not good enough.” Wieseler and her co-authors work for a Ger
31、man institute which evaluates new treatments and advises on whether the countrys health care system should pay a premium(补贴) for them. Such organizations, known as health technology assessment (HTA) agencies, work a little differently in the US, says Sean Tunis, a researcher in Baltimore: “If payers
32、 think a new drug isnt better than an existing drug, these agencies will require that hospitals try the cheaper drug first.” Germanys HTA demands trials to prove that a new treatment beats the existing standard. This isnt always practical. For one thing, such studies can be expensive and time-consum
33、ing, with no guarantee of success. Secondly, it can discourage companies from attempting to develop new alternatives. This is already happening. Drug developers are increasingly focused on areas where there are no good treatments to compete with, such as rare diseases. This lack of meaningful data t
34、o guide patients is a major point of Wieselers paper. With accelerated approval, there are more products approved, with a greater amount of uncertainty about risks and benefits. But there are other solutions besides drug trials. One idea is to require postmarket studies to track the effectiveness of
35、 newly approved drugs- a step too often neglected. 12. What message does the recent report convey? A. Improved drugs have advantages over old ones. 第 - 6 - 页 共 14 页 - 6 - B. The approval processes for new drugs are too fast. C. Many new drugs have no improved advantages. D. Before 2017 no improvemen
36、t was made to drugs. 13. What will US HTA agencies do when no advantage is found in new drugs? A. Get hospitals to use the cheaper drugs. B. Remove government premium on them. C. Arrange financial support for the patients. D. Put new drugs on further trials and studies. 14. Whats the disadvantage of
37、 Germanys HTA trial demands? A. Making drug companies think of illegal ways to cut cost. B. Holding companies back from improving existing drugs. C. Getting patients to depend on the government for support. D. Pushing companies to try alternatives for existing drugs. 15. What is the best title for t
38、he text? A. The Advantage of Existing Drugs B. Misunderstanding of New and Old Drugs C. Peoples Preference for New or Old Drugs D. A Dilemma with New Drug Alternatives 第二节(共 5 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 10 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。 From Mozart to pop music, tons of people enjoy listening to v
39、arious types of music while they paint, write, or draw. Many believe that music helps improve creativity. But an international study is challenging that viewpoint. 16 To come to their conclusions, researchers had participants complete verbal(文字的) problems designed to inspire creativity while sitting
40、 in a quiet room. 17 They found that background music significantly hurt the participants ability to complete tasks associated with verbal creativity. The tasks were simple word games. 18 Then, they were asked to find a single word associated with all three that could be combined to form a common ph
41、rase or word. Participants completed the tasks in either a quiet room, or while exposed to three different types of music: music with unfamiliar lines, instrumental music, or music with familiar lines. Dr. McLatchie and his colleagues conclude that music interferes with(干扰) the verbal working memory
42、 of the brain. 19 Also, as far as the library background noises having seemingly no 第 - 7 - 页 共 14 页 - 7 - effect, the researchers believe that is the case because library noises create an environment of steady state that doesnt interrupt concentration. “ 20 Instead, they demonstrate that music, reg
43、ardless of the presence of its content, consistently interrupts creative performance in insight problem solving,“ the study reads. A. And this in turn holds back creativity. B. It has nothing to do with the positive reaction. C. Then again, they were tested while music was played in the background.
44、D. Psychologists say that their findings indicate music actually blocks creativity. E. For example，participants were given three words, such as dress, dial, and flower. F. Before the experiment，the participants didnt study the music they would listen. G. To conclude，the findings here challenge the p
45、opular view that music builds up creativity. 第二部分 语言知识运用(共两节，满分 45 分) 第一节(共 20 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 30 分) 阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的 A、B、C 和 D 四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的 最佳选项。 For years, I had suffered from depression. I never seemed to be happy with my life, especially when I 21 it to someone elses. I frequently felt I was
46、 not living up to either my own 22 or the worlds expectations. Then, the week before Thanksgiving, every chair in the church has a paper bag underneath. All were expected to pick up one 23 and take them to a grocery store and fill them with some basic food items to be 24 to local charity. Then, at t
47、he evening, a team of volunteers placed all the 25 bags of food at the front of the church. Included in the event was a sheet with 26 , asking us to think of 100 things we were thankful for. This was a(n) 27 to help us focus on gratitude. 28 I heard some kids next to me 29 each other to see who coul
48、d fill in all 100 the fastest. My 30 nature pushed me to fill in blanks with any 31 in my life that I was thankful for. To my own 32 , I filled in the list in four minutes. Then I joined the others 33 the bags according to their categories before they were donated to the 34 . One day not long afterw
49、ard, I found myself sinking into my 35 depression when I 第 - 8 - 页 共 14 页 - 8 - remembered the 36 . I took it out and read through it and 37 that not only did I have a lot to be thankful for but that the things I had written on that list 38 my talents, hobbies, faith, and people who had greatly 39 me. 40 to have an attitude of gratitude has made me more than happy and filled me with joy. 21 .A. compared B. introduced C. exposed D. applied 22. A
