1、 第 - 1 - 页 共 13 页 - 1 - 秘密启用前【考试时间：2020 年 4 月 14 日 15： 00-17：00】 遂宁遂宁市高市高 20202020 届第二次模拟考试届第二次模拟考试 英英 语语 本试卷由四个部分组成。 其中， 第一、 二部分和第三部分的第一节为选择题， 笫三部分 的 第二节和第四部分为非选择题。满分 150 分，考试时间 120 分钟。 注意事项： 1.答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号和座位号填写在答题卡上。 2.回答选择题时,，选出每小题答案后，用铅笔把答题卡对应题目标号涂黑。如需改动， 用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其它答案标号。回答非选择题时,将答案写在答
2、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收回。 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_小题。每段对话仅读_遍。 1. Where does the conversation take place? A. In a sh
3、opping center. B. In a library. C. In a restaurant. 2. What is the man doing now? A. Waiting for a bus. B. Going shopping. C. Watching a game. 3. Whats the most probable relationship between the two speakers? A. Neighbors. B. Strangers. C. Classmates. 4. Who was born on the 8th of December? A. The w
4、omans father. B. The womans mother. C. The mans sister. 5. What does the man mean? A. He has no time for the film. 第 - 2 - 页 共 13 页 - 2 - B. He doesnt like the cartoon. C. He doesnt believe the woman. 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
5、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. What is the womans opinion about the man? A. He should have a studio. B. Hes indeed become fat. C. Hes changed his music style. 7. What is the woman most probably? A. An artist. B. A reporter. C. A studio own
6、er. 听第 7 段材料，回答第 8 至 10 题。 8. What does the man think of their marketing efforts? A. Unsatisfying. B. Helpful. C. Useless. 9. What is the mans suggestion? A. Fire some employees. B. Rewrite the summary. C. Have group discussions. 10. What topic will the speakers discuss? A. New market development. B
7、. New products5 prices. C. After-sales service. 听第 8 段材料，回答第 11 至 13 题。 11. Why does the man advise flying out in the morning? A. It, saves them more time. B. It costs them less money. C. It makes them more relaxed. 12. How did the woman get to the airport last year? A. By car. B. By taxi. C. By und
8、erground. 13. What are the speakers mainly talking about? A. Their previous vacation. B. Their plan for a holiday. C. Their dream holidays. 听第 9 段材料，回答第 14 至 16 题。 14. Where did the man use Airbnb? 第 - 3 - 页 共 13 页 - 3 - A. In America. B. In Japan. C. In Thailand. 15. If you use Airbnb while traveli
9、ng, where will you stay? A. In a hotel. B. In a tent. C. In an apartment. 16. Whats the womans attitude towards Airbnb? A. Its worth trying. B. Its expensive. C. Its unsafe. 听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题。 17. Which country is Sarah Thomas from? A. France. B. England. C. The USA. 18. What made Sarah Thomas
10、 change her planned path? A. Her serious disease. B. Strong moving water. C. Having no enough food. 19. What day was it when Sarah Thomas finished her last lap? A. Tuesday. B. Saturday. C. Sunday. 20. How many miles did Sarah Thomas swim non-stop altogether? A. Over 50. B. Over 80. C. Over 130. 第二部分
11、 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 Pizza delivery driver Work 15 -20 hours a week for busy pizza shop. Duties include making and delivering pizza and some cleaning. Paid $ 10 per hour + $2 per delivery + free dinner. All applicants must have your
12、own car. Email us with information about whether you ever cooked and when you can work. The Pizza Place telstra. com 第 - 4 - 页 共 13 页 - 4 - TV Host A national TV station wants to find two. people to host a new primetime (黄金时段黄金时段)game show. Interested? You need to have . a confident and lively perso
13、nality some experience of working in the media industry good communication skills an enthusiasm for performing 40,000 per year Apply to Jonhkeirs tvhost, com Casual Sale Assistant We are looking for casual team members to join our team for 10 - 30 hours per week! You must have a positive attitude an
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15、 but $25/hr at weekends To apply, get in touch with the manager Tony Robins on (02)98761234 or Tony. Robins JB - HiFi. blacktown. org. au Chinese Teachers Our established language school is looking for Chinese teachers. Our classes are small and students are all ages. You must have a university degr
16、ee and teaching experience and a health certificate. You must also be able to speak and write Chinese fluently. 30 hours per week ( flexible times) 30 per hour, plus bonuses Apply to Smith gmail. com 21. The candidate for a pizza delivery driver must tell the employer his/her . A. personality B. dri
17、ving experience 第 - 5 - 页 共 13 页 - 5 - C. availability D. salary expectation 22. How much can Tom get as a casual sale assistant if working 2 hours on Sunday? A. $20. B. $29. C. $30. D. $50. 23. Who must be outgoing? A. TV host and Chinese teacher. B. TV host and Casual sale assistant. C. Pizza deli
18、very driver and Chinese teacher. D. Casual sale assistant and Pizza delivery driver. B In the last few years, companies like oBike have begun flooding streets in places like Japan and Australia with bikes. Businessman Mike Than Tun Win realized these bikes could do much good for schoolchildren in My
19、anmar, of whom some walk an hour or more every day to school. Then he created Less Walk which buys up the bikes、from other countries. LessWalk modifies （改装） bikes to make them more useful for students. The rental bikes used to require a smartphone app to unlock them. LessWalk changed this for a lock
20、 with a key. They also added a second seat in the back of the bikes, allowing two children to ride to school on one bike. Recently theyre replacing the bikes regular tires with a solid tire that cant go flat. With all the changes, each bike packed attractively costs LessWalk about $ 35Despite the co
21、st, the benefits it can develop are well worth trying,“ Than told TechCrunch. The project bought thousands of rental bikes from failed companies and shipped them to Myanmar. The process wasnt as easy as it soundsthere was lots of paperwork concerned in moving the bikes from one country to another. B
22、ut giving out the bikes takes a little longer given that LessWalk wants to make sure that the bikes go, for free, to the students who need them the most and Myanmar has a population of over 50 million people and more than nine million students. The project is working with Myanmars government and sch
23、ool systems to focus on poor students walking long distances a day to school. Than hopes to bring in as many as 100,000 bikes and expand the program to other countries like Laos and Cambodia. Than is also hopeful that he can inspire “global friends“ to follow him to put the abandoned bikes to work,
24、instead of creating yet more urban waste. 第 - 6 - 页 共 13 页 - 6 - 24. How many modifications does LessWalk do to the bikes? A.2. B.3. C.4. D.5. 25. Why does it take longer to donate the recycled bikes? A. Shipping the bikes is so difficult. B. Therere too many poor students. C. The bikes need packing
25、 carefully. D. Targeted bike donation is needed. 26. Which can best describe Than Tun Win as the leader of the project? A. Ambitious. B. Encouraged. C. Well-experienced. D. Nature-loving. 27. What can be a suitable title for the text? A. Removal of Urban Rubbish B. Recycle of Donated Bikes C. Benefi
26、ts beyond the Cost D. Students New Vehicles C Theres a well-known story in the world of literary translators about the translator who was thrilled to see his work appear at great length in an article in a popular magazine. He had translated many novels by a little-known Scandinavian novelist, who he
27、 believed had been ignored and not received the attention or praise the novelist deserved. He had devoted much time to trying to get this novelist some recognition. The article agreed with his assessment of the novelists works mentioning long passages from his translations. But something was missing
28、. The translator searched in vain for a mention of his name. It didnt appear anywhere. The translators joy at the coverage （报道）of the author he liked was considerably ruined by this. He felt that he himself should have had some recognition in the article. It was as if the translator did not exist, a
29、nd all the efforts he had made had never happened. Most people would agree that it was wrong of the magazine not to mention the translator. However, it is also true that most readers themselves operate in exactly the same way, and for them it is also as if the translator didnt exist. When people rea
30、d a translation of a novel, they want to feel they are reading what the novelist, and not someone else, wrote. They dont want to be reminded that they are not reading, and would not be able to read, the original novel created by the novelist, not wishing to know who the translator was or pay any att
31、ention to what they have done. In this global age, more and more works of fiction are being translated into more and more 第 - 7 - 页 共 13 页 - 7 - languages. Readers are now able to experience and understand other cultures more than ever through the reading of translated novels. So the works of more a
32、nd more novelists can reach people in other parts of the world. This applies not only to new novels but also to fresh translations of old classics. 28. What can we know about the translator in Paragraph 1? A. His opinion was shared by the magazine. B. The novelists works were his favourite. C. He of
33、ten sent articles to the magazine. D. The novelist got famous with his help. 29. How did the translator feel when he looked closely at the article in the magazine? A. Regretful. B. Proud. C. Upset. D. Skeptical. 30. What is the third paragraph mainly about? A. The contributions of novel translators.
34、 B. The general attitude towards translators. C. The readers different tastes in literature. D. The importance of reading original works. 31. What does the author stress when talking about the global age? A. The shortage of able novel translators. B. The number of readers of original works. C. The v
35、alue of novels in different countries. D. The variety of fiction available to readers. D On 23 June 2016, UK(United Kingdom) adults made a historic decision. More than 33 million people voted for the UK to leave the European Union (EU). In the referendum, the result was that around 52% of themjust o
36、ver halfvoted to leave the group of 28 countries. This is called Brexit made up to describe the “British Exit“. No country had ever left the EU before, so Brexit was a significant moment in European history. After UK and EU leaders had lots of hard negotiations about how Brexit would work, on 22“, J
37、anuary ,2020, Wednesday, the British Parliament finally approved an agreement about the UKs divorcing the EU, which Queen Elizabeth II agreed to on Thursday. The deal was expected to pass in 第 - 8 - 页 共 13 页 - 8 - the European Parliament the next week. If everything went well, the UK would leave the
38、 EU on January 31,2020. It did! The UK finally and officially left the EU at 11 pm on this day, ending a process that began three and a half years before. Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Brexit fans celebrated with fireworks and big parties. For many they called it the UKs Independence Day. For man
39、y others in the UK, it represented the final stage of something they fought hard to prevent. Now the deal has been signed and Britain has left, but it doesnt mean the life in Britain will change suddenly. Until 31st December 2020, freedom of movement will continue and this means UK citizens will hav
40、e the right to live and work in the EU. Making things even more difficult is the fact that the next challenge of Brexit has arrived. The UK and EU now have almost one year to work out the details of the relationship they will have in the future. Many experts express their common concern that making
41、these new agreements will go through the same experience as the original Brexit deal. 32. What does the underlined word “referendum“. in Paragraph 1 mean? A. Explanation. B. Vote. C. Deal. D. Statement. 33. What day was it when the UK left the EU officially? A. Tuesday. B. Wednesday. C. Thursday. D.
42、 Friday. 34. What can we say about Brexit? A. It was an extremely difficult process. B. It is a great victory for all UK people. C. It means a temporary loss for the EU. D. It brings UK people a new life overnight. 35. What is the experts attitude towards Brexits next work? A. Ambiguous. B. Confiden
43、t. C. Worried. D. Cautious. 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。 It is not difficult to prepare for exams. You should review your notes regularly. Every one of you has formed the habit of taking notes. However thats not enough. Make sure to review and expand upo
44、n your class. notes regularly throughout the term. 36 Dont cram （突击备考） at the last second. Evidence shows that students experience declining 第 - 9 - 页 共 13 页 - 9 - returns on their efforts when they attempt to study for four and five hours straight. So you shouldnt be reviewing the night before the
45、exam because you will wake up tired. 37 Obviously, its not worth the cost. You should also complete a mock（模拟）test. If you complete it 3 -4 days before an exam, youll then know where to focus your studying. 38 For your every subject, try answering a couple of potential questions on a timed, closed b
46、ook basis and see how you do. Another simple way to conduct a mock test is to ask a friend or a classmate to give you an oral quiz based on contents in the textbooks or in your notes. 39 A group study session is a fantastic model to review and compare notes, ask each other questions, explain ideas t
47、o one another, and discuss the difficult concepts. To focus on the topic, do set an agenda and a specific time frame for your group study session. 40 The best food for the brain is sleep, so youll need enough sleep during exam times. Try and get good quality sleep. Dont sleep with your books all ove
48、r your bed or with lights, music or the. computer on. A. How can you finish this step? B. Make sure to get plenty of sleep. C. Make your room comfortable while sleeping. D. Find a group of classmates with whom to study. E. If so, you will not be able to focus during the exam. F. Organize a study gro
49、up before exams to discuss your notes. G. Making good use of your notes will leave you well-prepared at exam time. 第三部分 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，选岀可以填入空白处 的 最佳选项。 Mitsuhiro Iwamoto has been blind since he was 16. He wanted to 41 that his blindness didnt limit what he can do. Sailing a boat is much more 42 than simply steering （掌舵） .But Mr. Iwamoto can 43 it. He can feel the waves and sense the speed and angle of the winds to 44 the sails properly. In 20
