1、乐山市高中2020届第一次调查研究考试英语注意事项：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.作答时，务必将答案写在答题卡上，写在本试卷及草稿纸上无效。3.考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。第一部分 听力(共两节，满分30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(共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分)听下面5段对话。每段对话后面有一个小题，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。例：How much is the sh
2、irt?A. 19.15. B. 9.15. C. 9.18.答案是B。1. What are the speakers mainly talking about?A. The mans work. B. Their secret. C. A news report.2. What was the original price of the Jacket?A. $50. B. $100. C. $75.3. How did the man get to the meeting?A. By taxi. B. By subway. C. By bus.4. What will the speake
3、rs probably do next?A. Order some boxes. B. Go home and rest. C. Continue working.5. How does the woman feel about the art exhibition?A. Disappointed. B. Satisfied. C. Excited.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
4、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 time was the plane originally scheduled to leave?A. At 3:00. B. At 4:00. C. At 5:00.7. Why is the woman worried?A. The weather is bad. B. The report is not finished. C. An appointment will be delayed.听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。8. What are the speakers mainly talking a
5、bout?A. What job to do in the future. B. Which professor to follow. C. What abilities to possess.9. What subject does the man probably prefer?A. History. B. Politics. C. Art.10. What is the woman good at doing?A. Working with people. B. Dealing with kids. C. Painting pictures.听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。11. Wh
6、ere does the conversation probably take place?A. At home. B. At school. C. At a restaurant.12. Where does the girl like to talk with her friends?A. In a cafe. B. In a classroom. C. In a shopping centre.13. What does the man advise the girl to do?A. Shop with her friends.B. Give the form to her teach
7、er. C. Get in touch with her friends often.听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。14. What does the woman think of the living expenses in the city?A. Very high. B. Just Okay. C. Fairly low.15. What does the woman spend most on?A. Meals. B. Trains. C. Clothes.16. What does the woman do in her free time?A. See films. B. Tr
8、avel abroad. C. Go for a drink.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. What do we know about the travel destination, Costa Rica?A. Its suitable for newly-married couples.B. Its suitable for a family with children.C. Its suitable for old people.18. Which language do the locals speak in Costa Rica?A. English. B. French
9、. C. Spanish.19. What can travelers see in Costa Rica?A. Sand beaches. B. Dead volcanoes. C. Fish farms.20. How much will it cost a family to travel in Costa Rica?A. 80 dollars. B. 185 dollars. C. Half the cost of a trip to Disneyland.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，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C
10、和D)中，选出最佳选项。AThere are so many breathtaking famous castles in the world and its very hard to make a list. Here are some directors picks. Youre welcome to add a comment with your favorite castles.Castle Howard, YorkshireC. Howard, Yorkshire is one of the grandest and most famous castles as well as th
11、e private residence in Britain. This beautiful palace of Europe has been home to the Howard family for over 300 years. It is 15 miles north of York. Today, it is part of the Treasure Houses group of heritage houses.Location: Castle Howard, York Y060 7DA, UKTiming: The Garden is open daily from loam4
12、pmNeuschwanstein Castle, GermanyThis castle is one of the most famous castles in the world. This Castle was built by Ludwig II of Bavaria as a personal refuge. After he died in 1886, Neuschwanstein opens to the paying public and has over 60 million visitors in a year. Neuschwanstein is a 120-year-ol
13、d luxury Castle, which has a remarkable view of two lakes, two castles, towns, and localities.Tickets can be reserved online or you can buy at the Ticket center in the village of Hohenschwangau below the castle.Location: Neuschwansteinstra Be 20, 87645 Schwangau, GermanyTiming: Sunday to Saturday 8a
14、m-5pmEdinburgh Castle, ScotlandThis castle is a historic fortress(城堡)which dominates the skyline of the city of Edinburgh. In this castle, different parts of the castle were constructed in different centuries, from the 12th to the 20th century. It is the most famous landmark and one of the most famo
15、us castles in the world. The castle is still in use today for ceremonial and military purposes and also rented for wedding receptions.Location: Castlehill, Edinburgh EH1 2NG, UKTiming: Sunday to Saturday 9:30am-5pm21. Which of the following demand(s) admission fees?A. Castle Howard, Yorkshire. B. Ne
16、uschwanstein Castle, Germany.C. Edinburgh Castle, Scotland. D. All of them.22. What do we know about CasHe Howard?A. It boasts lake view. B. It is the landmark of the UK.C. It once served as a private house. D. It has the longest opening hours.23. Which is NOT available in Edinburgh Castle?A. Having
17、 a good view of Edinburgh.B. Holding a wedding ceremony there.C. Appreciating ancient art and architecture.D. Honoring the nations military tradition.BId been trying for weeks to come up with an idea for my next book. And then suddenly the idea came: Why not write about a celebrity reporter signing
18、up as a hospital volunteer so she could gain access to a movie star who was a patient of the hospital? The heroine would be motivated totally by her career until she learned that in helping others, we help ourselves.Sounded like a romantic comedy with uplifting message, but first, there was the matt
19、er of research. Id have to observe hospital volunteers. I headed over to my nearby hospital and asked the director of volunteers if I might hang around for a day or two just to research my story. Her answer, No. If you really want to see what its like to be a volunteer, you should become one.”Become
20、 a volunteer? I was not wild about being in close to people with germs(细菌).I would just skip the research, I thought, then reminded myself that I did need to spend quality time at the hospital if I wanted to write credibly about my heroines journey. So I signed up, was given my uniform and ID badge(
21、徽章), and reported for duty. My job was to wheel a magazine cart throughout the large facility and, in the process, be a shoulder to lean on.At the beginning, my focus was on my novel. And then a funny thing happened: I stopped researching and started realizing that I might actually be making a diffe
22、rence in peoples lives. A woman whod just been diagnosed with lung cancer thanked me for brushing her hair and applying her lipstick. A man who was wasting away from AIDS called me his angel, simply because I took twenty minutes to note down the letter he dictated to his mother.Now long after finish
23、ing my book, I continued to volunteer. Friends would ask, Isnt it depressing at that place? On the contrary, Id say and mean it. 24. Why did the author want to observe hospital volunteers?A. She intended to write stories about them.B. She was preparing for her volunteering jobs.C. She hoped to gain
24、access to a movie star.D. She wanted to make her heroines story realistic.25. What can we infer from paragraphs 3&4?A. The author was determined to become a volunteer in the beginning.B. The author was meant to shoulder the responsibility of the patients.C. The patients the author met and the apprec
25、iation she received changed her.D. The patients relied on the author to help them survive in the hospital.26. In what way is the author similar to the heroine of her book?A. Motivated by their career, they succeed.B. By lifting others spirits, they lift their own.C. Being volunteers, they spread upl
26、ifting messages.D. By providing support to others, they are appreciated.27. What can be a suitable title of the passage?A. My Turn: Life as a Hospital Volunteer.B. My Discovery: I Can Make a Difference.C. My Investigation: Celebrities in Hospital.D. My Identity: a Volunteer in a Hospital.CNANCHANG-I
27、n the Chinese Lunar Year of the Pig, pigs have attracted a large amount of attention as there has been a huge rise in the price of pork, Chinas major meat, resulting in high living costs. Chinas pig herd(群)has shrunk considerably due to multiple factors including an outbreak of African swine fever(非
28、洲猪瘟)and the bad effect of the last market cycle when low pork prices drove many out of business.Xiong Lijiao, a resident in Nanchang, a major pig-breeding region, said her family eats less pork now. Prices of pork have doubled, making it much more expensive.” said Xiong. The weekly average price of
29、a carcass-weight hog(胭体瘦肉型生猪)in 16 provincial-level regions was 37. 57 yuan($5.3) per kg in mid-September, up 94.1 percent year-on-year, according to the information center of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs. It is not only pork prices that are being affected, demand for soybeans, used
30、 as food for hogs, as well as other kinds of meat prices are also being affected.The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs said favorable government policies and market conditions have boosted some farmers confidence in restoring production. China has rolled out 17 measures to support hog produc
31、tion since the end of August, and most of them have been carried out. To meet the market gap, China is increasing imports and releasing frozen pork from its central reserves. But eyeing a long-term solution, China is encouraging large-scale pig farming. The industry concentration will further increa
32、se with many small and medium-sized breeding companies leaving the business. Despite the current challenges, Chinas pig breeding industry is heading toward a more intensive, environmental-friendly and risk-resistant growth model.28. Which is NOT a cause of the rise of the price of pork?A. The spread
33、 of African swine fever. B. A supply shortage of pork.C. The high living cost in recent years. D. Marketable hogs on the decline.29. What kind of phenomenon is described in paragraph 2?A. Butterfly effect-small change leads to great variation.B. Buckets effect-the weakest influences the whole.C. Pyg
34、malion effect-expectation influences performance.D. Anchoring effect-first information affects later decisions.30. Which of the following measures can get to the root of the problem?A. Releasing frozen pork from the stock. B. Importing pork from overseas markets.C. Establishing industrial-scale pig
35、farms. D. Encouraging small breeding companies.31. In which section of the newspaper can you read this article?A. Editorial & Opinion. B. Health & Wellbeing.C. Home & International News. D. Celebrities & Social.DAs to the question what is a best age to learn a language, many would rush to the conclu
36、sion that its best to start young. Though it is true to some extent, now science offers a much more complex view of how our relationship with languages evolves over a lifetime-and there is much to encourage late beginners.Broadly speaking, different life stages give us different advantages in langua
37、ge learning. As babies, we have a better ear for different sounds s as toddlers(幼儿), we can pick up native accents with astonishing speed. As adults, we have longer attention spans and important skills like literacy that allow us to continually expand our vocabulary, even in our own language. And a
38、wealth of factors beyond ageing-like social circumstances, teaching methods, and even love and friendship-can affect how many languages we speak and how well.Not everything goes downhill with age, says Antonella Sorace, a professor of developmental linguistics and director of the Bilingualism Matter
39、s Centre at the University of Edinburgh. She gives the example of what is known as explicit learning: studying a language in a classroom with a teacher explaining the rules. Young children are very bad at explicit learning, because they dont have the cognitive(认知)control and the attention and memory
40、 capabilities, Sorace says. “Adults are much better at that. So that can be something that improves with age.”A study by researchers in Israel found, for example, that adults were better at grasping an artificial language rule and applying it to new words in a lab setting. The scientists compared th
41、ree separate groups: 8-year-olds, 12-year-olds, and young adults. The adults scored higher than both younger groups, and the 12-year-olds also did better than the younger children. They suggested that their older participants may have benefited from skills that come with maturity-like more advanced
42、problem-solving strategies-and greater linguistic experience. In other words, older learners tend to already know quite a lot about themselves and the world and can use this knowledge to process new information.32. What is the correct understanding of the underlined sentence in paragraph 1?A. We sho
43、uld stay up late to learn a language.B. Late beginners strive hard to learn a language.C. Late beginners can also learn a language well.D. We should give much encouragement to late beginners.33. According to the passage, language learning is NOT affected by .A. our inborn abilities B. our native acc
44、entsC. our cognitive control D. our attention spans34. Why do the adults score higher than both younger groups in the test?A. They have already known quite a lot about the words.B. They draw upon their existing knowledge to help.C. They have been taught the way to learn a language.D. They are better
45、 at learning artificial language rules.35. What is the purpose of the passage?A. To compare and evaluate. B. To examine and assess.C. To argue and discuss. D. To inform and explain.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。You dont have to break your back to create a yard thats b
46、oth beautiful and kind to Mother Nature. These environmentally smart ideas will turn your home turf(草地)into a little slice of Eden. 36 Let the grass grow. Cut grass less often, so it gets a few inches longer than youre used to. 37 Thats because roots will grow deeper and grass thicker, which means f
47、ewer pests, less disease, and a decreased need for chemical intervention.Water the grass right way. Water before 10 a. m. , when the air is cool and not as much moisture will be lost to evaporation. 38 Water near the base of plants, slowly delivering the good stuff right to the roots. For lawns, water long and deep once a week.Get keen on composting(制堆肥). Compost isnt called gardeners gold for nothing. It keeps kitchen leftover out of landfills and enriches soil with much-needed nutrients. 39 Veggie and tea bags, eggshells,
