1、赣湘粤三省六校 2020 届 4 月联考 英语试卷 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 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 和阅读下一-小题。每段对话仅读一遍。 1. What does the man suggest the woman do? A. Put up a notice. B. Search the canteen. C. Buy a new textbook. 2. Where
2、does the man want to go? A. Beech St. B. East Main. C. Linden Ave. 3. How much time does the womans watch gain? A. Ten minutes. B. Five minutes C. Fifteen minutes. 4.Who is the man probably? A. A policeman. B. A gas station clerk. C. A driving coach. 5. What are the speakers mainly talking about? A.
3、 The nice weather. B. The strong wind. C. The beautiful leaves. 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. Where does the womans brother work? A. At the police
4、 station. B. In a small store. C. In a college. . 7. How is the womans relationship with her parents? A. Terrible. B. Just so-so. C. Good. 听下面一段对话，回答第 8 和第 9 两个小题。 8. Which team does the man support? A. The Reds. B. The Cubs. C. The Mets. 9. What does the woman say about the Cubs? A. They have a new
5、 base runner. B. They have a great record this year. C. They won every game this season. 听下面一段对话，回答第 10 至第 12 三个小题。 10. How old is the woman? A.25 years old. B.60 years old. C.70 years old. 11. What kind of shops does the woman never visit? A. Big chain stores. B. Small shops. C. Independent shops.
6、12. What is the womans opinion about fashions? A. They never repeat. B. Jeans are the most fashionable. C. Some of them may return years later. 听下面一段对话，回答第 13 至第 16 四个小题。 13. What will the presentation start with? A. The different types of clouds. B. The formation of clouds. C. The functions of clou
7、ds. 14. Why does the man suggest having small cards? A. To make the presentation interesting. B. To remind him of what to say. C. To organize all the research. 15. What will the man do? A. Prepare the cards. B. Make .the presentation slides. C. Look for pictures of clouds online. 16. What section wi
8、ll the woman talk about? A. The introduction. B. The low-level clouds. C. The medium-level clouds. 听下面一段独白，回答第 17 至第 20 四个小题。 17. What do we know about the Climbing Center? A. It was started in 1952 by a mountaineer. B. It runs courses from March to November. C. It doesnt provide accommodation in wi
9、nter. 18. What does the speaker think of the price of the four-day course? A. Low. B. Reasonable. C. High. 19. What did the speaker learn to do on the second day? A. Predict the weather. B. Read a map. C. Set up a tent. 20. What can people enjoy in the evenings at the Center? A. Seeing films. B. Rea
10、ding books. C. Playing table tennis. 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 A、B、C 和 D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项。 A The Worlds Best Bookshops Theres nothing like being surrounded by books, wherever you are. Here are the finest oases (绿洲)of literature that travelers can bring you. Daikan
11、yama T-site | Tokyo It is well worth visiting even if just to admire the buildings beautiful, criss-crossed architecture. Once youve had your fill of roaming three floors worth of bookshelves, theres the bar, the coffee shop, or even the video rental space to give you more reason to stay, just that
12、little bit longer. Grab a book, order a beer and dive into its pages. I could have stayed hours here. City Lights | San Francisco The three-storey establishment publishes and sells titles in poetry, fiction, translation, politics, history and the arts. It hosts events and readings, and runs a non-pr
13、ofit of the same name that aims to promote diversity of voices and ideas in literature. Its opposite Vesuvio, a bar frequented by Kerouac and other Beat-generation writers and artists. Shakespeare and Company | Paris I made a special trip to the Left Bank for this one when I was in Paris. It has two
14、 floors packed with English-language texts, and I was particularly struck by any spare wall space devoted to notes from visitors - heartfelt messages to a loved one, dedications to the shop itself, or a quote from a favorite author or philosopher. Hutatma Chowk | Mumbai A few years ago 1 visited Ind
15、ia, investigating Rudyard Kiplings connections with the country. 1 spotted a cheap copy of The Jungle Book on one of the tarp-covered book stalls at Hutatma Chowk (Martyrs Square). The booksellers here are like amateur librarians, able to lay their hands on almost any title you ask for. To me, those
16、 well-thumbed (翻旧了的) books spoke volumes about the changes of Mumbais readers in the 150 years since the city gave us Kipling. 21. In which bookshop can you buy a drink while visiting? A. City Lights. B. Daikanyama T-site. C. Shakespeare and Company. D. Hutatma Chowk. 22. What can be learned about t
17、he book stalls at Hutatma Chowk? A. The sellers are familiar with the books. B. The book owners are amateur librarians. C. They sell the cheapest books in the world. D. People can meet Rudyard Kipling there. 23. W hat do the four bookstores have in common? A. They are frequently visited by great wri
18、ters. B. They offer book lovers good experience. C. They are three-storey buildings. D. They are beautifully designed. B I never meant to be a teacher. I watched my mother over the years, and I knew it wasnt for me. Going back to school to learn French and then teach the language, our mother had cha
19、nged the center of her world when we were pre-teens. When we went to bed, I knew how worried she could be over her students when they were troubled and how much of their stress she took on herself. What I didnt realize was this life shed chosen offered her deep rewards. As I grew up, I fell in love
20、with a French-speaking Swiss man who asked me to marry him and move to Switzerland. Years later, when I found myself back in my hometown with a small child and a love of my second language, a chance arose for me to join my mothers world of education, and I accepted. I landed in a primary school in R
21、ocky Mount, North Carolina. From the first week, I knew Id stick with teaching. This is the most challenging experience Ive ever had, and absolutely the best. I teach French, and I have never felt so much excitement as when I receive smiles from children, or praise from other teachers. Most of my st
22、udents have not traveled outside the town where they live, and for some, a trip to the city museum proves the most adventurous experience in their lives. If I could somehow open the world to these children, and if I could push them a bit, to dream of living in a bigger world, they may work harder an
23、d maybe one day venture beyond their neighborhood. I work late into each night creating lessons and activities for the following day, trying to come up with ways to attract my students and connect them to the larger world. I also plan to go back to school for further study so that I can also teach s
24、cience, math, social studies, reading and writing. 24. Why did the author say no to teaching at first? A. She didnt like to work with children. B. It would take up too much of her time and energy. C. Her mother wanted her to do something else. D. She wasnt sure if she could do it well. 25. When did
25、the author fall in love with teaching? A. When she had her own child. B. During the time when she lived abroad. C. Immediately after she started teaching. D. When she learnt about her students dreams. 26. What can we learn about the authors students? A. Their lives are mostly limited to their hometo
26、wn. B. Most of them come from poor families. C. They knew nothing about French in the beginning. D. They work hard and dream big. 27. What does the author want to do in the near future? A. Work in her mothers school. B. Experiment with new teaching methods. C. Teach more languages besides French. D.
27、 Receive further education in teaching. C For many, traveling is a way to escape the worst parts of daily life. But what if a travel destination witnessed terrible events, like war, genocide (大屠杀) or nuclear fallout? Would you still want to visit? Theres a growing phenomenon called “dark tourism“ pe
28、ople visit sites associated with death and human suffering. “Its living on the edge almost -if you go to a place where people have really died,“ Karel Werdler, a senior lecturer in history at InHolland University in the Netherlands, told CNN. When people go to traditional tourist spots, like Disneyl
29、and, or some wonders of the world, they may feel happy to enjoy something interesting or new. Dark tourism, however, not only provides that novelty (新奇) but also can make them feel lucky that their problems are so small in comparison. According to the Guardian, “Dark tourism to some extent relies on
30、 the reverse (颠倒) of the old equation (方程式) of more familiar tourism. For many people, these sites offer a way to reflect on the mistakes of the past and the lessons we can learn from history. For example, Chernobyl, in the Ukraine, is one of the most popular dark destinations. When its nuclear reac
31、tor (核反应堆) exploded in 1984, it released a radioactive (放射性的) cloud so devastating that the surrounding area will remain uninhabitable (不适宜居住的) for 20,000 years. Despite the destruction and danger of the still present radiation, nearly 72,000 people visited the area last year, reports the BBC. One o
32、f these was Li Yimeng, who went on a tour of the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. During the tour she saw the homes of the power plants former workers, deserted classrooms, and an abandoned playground. “I experienced a whole range of emotions as I saw the area where they used to live, which is now a wastel
33、and,“ she told China Daily. She also emphasized the need to show respect when visiting locations like Chernobyl. . Though dark tourism is related to death and dying, “it tells us more about life and the living”, The Sun noted. 28. What is the main idea of the article? A. Comparison among different t
34、ypes of travel. B. Information of a new travel trend. C. Reasons why readers should get involved in dark tourism. D. Introduction to one of the most popular dark destinations. 29. What makes dark tourism different from traditional tourism? A. It is more boring and unpleasant. B. It is more popular w
35、ith young people. C. The destination usually has a dark past. D. The scene teaches people how to face death. 30. What does the underlined word “devastating“ in Paragraph 7 probably mean? A. Dark. B. Mysterious. C. Enormous. D. Destructive. 31.What does the author try to show with the example of Li Y
36、imeng? A. Dark tourism reminds people to take action to avoid disasters. B. Dark tourism can be a scary experience. C. Dark tourism makes people think about life. D. Dark tourism warns people to be cautious about high technology. D Weve known for years that plants can see, hear, smell and communicat
37、e with chemicals. Now, reported New Scientist, they have been recorded making sounds when stressed. In a yet-to-be-published study, Itzhak Khait and his team at Tel Aviv University, in Israel, found that tomato and tobacco plants can make ultrasonic (超声的) noises. The plants “cry out“ due to lack of
38、water, or when their stems are cut. Its just too high-pitched (音调高的) for humans to hear. Microphones placed 10 centimeters away from the plants picked up sounds in the ultrasonic range of 20 to 100 kilohertz (千赫兹). Human hearing usually ranges from 20 hertz to 20 kilohertz.“These findings can alter
39、the way we think about the plant kingdom,“ they wrote. On average, “thirsty“ tomato plants made 35 sounds an hour, while tobacco plants made 11. When plant stems were cut, tomato plants made an average of 25 sounds in the following hour, and tobacco plants 15. Unstressed plants produced fewer than o
40、ne sound per hour, on average. Perhaps most interestingly, different types of stress led to different sounds. The researchers trained a machine-learning model to separate the plants sounds from those of the wind, rain and other noises of the greenhouse. In most cases, it correctly identified whether
41、 the stress was caused by dryness or a cut, based on a sounds intensity and frequency. Water-hungry tobacco appears to make louder sounds than cut tobacco, for example. Although Khait and his colleagues only looked at tomato and tobacco plants, they think other plants also make sounds when stressed.
42、 If farmers could hear these sounds, said the team, they could give water to the plants that need it most. As climate change causes more droughts, they said this would be important information for farmers.“The sounds that drought-stressed plants make could be used in precision agriculture (精 准农业),”s
43、aid Anne Visscher at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, in the UK. Khaits report also suggests that insects and mammals can hear the sounds up to 5 meters away and respond. For example, a moth may decide not to lay eggs on a water-stressed plant. Edward Farmer, at the University of Lausanne, Switzerlan
44、d, is doubtful. He said that the idea of moths listening to plants is “a little too speculative“. If plants are screaming for fear of their survival, should we be thankful we cant hear them? 32. What did Khait and his team find from their research? A. Plants made low-pitched sounds when in danger. B
45、. Plants were able to produce sounds in response to stresses. C. Plants picked up a wider range of sounds when stressed. D. Plants made ultrasonic noises to communicate with each other. 33. How did tomato and tobacco plants react to different stresses according to the text? A. A plant reacted to dif
46、ferent stresses with the same sound. B. Cut tobacco plants seemed to make weaker sounds than drought-stressed ones. C. Cut tomato plants produced more sounds per hour than water-hungry ones. D. Tobacco plants might make louder sounds than tomato plants when short of water. 34. Whats the main idea of
47、 Paragraph 6? A. Challenges facing farmers in the future. B. Farmers contributions to the research. C. The potential applications of the research. D. What the future agriculture will be like. 35. What is Edward Farmerts attitude towards the research? A. negative B. positive C. neutral D. indifferent
48、 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。 Whoever wrote the song “Its the Most Wonderful Time of the Year“ must have never experienced holiday blues. Fortunately, psychological research suggests some effective ways you can beat the holiday blues. The key point is that
49、 sadness and other tough emotions are not what we should try to avoid._ 36_. Here are four strategies to help you make your own happiness recipe this holiday season. Dont force cheer At family gatherings with cousins you secretly cant stand, you tend to put on a happy face. Indeed, that might even seem like the most mature response- -no drama, no conflict. B
