1、绝密启封前 2020 年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试（全国卷）压轴卷 英语试题英语试题 第卷第卷 第一部分第一部分 听力（共两节，满分听力（共两节，满分 30 分）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一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。 例：How much is the shirt? A. 19.1
2、5. B. 9.18. C. 9.15. 答案是 C。 1. What are the children probably doing? A. Making orange juice. B. Listening to loud music. C. Cooking a meal. 2. Who might Allie be? A. The speakers pet. B. The neighbors turkey. C. The speakers child. 3. What are the speakers mainly discussing? A. Trip plans. B. Ticket
3、 prices. C. Holiday celebrations. 4. What season is it now? A. Spring. B. Summer. C. Winter. 5. Where does the conversation take place? A. At a fast food restaurant. B. At a butcher shop. C. At a caf. 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， 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
4、 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. How old was the woman when she was allowed to drive by her parents? A. 18. B. 21. C. 23. 7. What month was the man born in? A. December. B. November. C. September. 听第 7 段材料，回答第 8、9 题。 8. What do we know about the camping area? A. Its totall
5、y free. B. Its a little cold. C. Its very crowded. 9. How long was the man gone for? A. One night. B. Two nights. C. Three nights. 听第 8 段材料，回答第 10 至 12 题。 10. What problem does Roger have with exams? A. He isnt clever. B. He isnt confident. C. He doesnt work hard. 11. How does the man decide to help
6、 Roger? A. By helping him to stay calm. B. By finding an expert for him. C. By giving him some advice about his future. 12. What do we know about the woman? A. She is easy to be tired. B. She often feels nervous. C. She finds exercise is a good way to relax. 听第 9 段材料，回答第 13 至 16 题。 13. How does the
7、woman feel about her job hunt? A. Very excited. B. A little unsatisfied. C. Quite angry. 14. What do we know about The Creator? A. It gives less holiday time than other companies. B. It gets a lot of great reviews from the customers. C. It provides medical insurance. 15. What was the probable relati
8、onship between the speakers? A. Colleagues. B. Classmates. C. Parent and child. 16. What will the woman probably do next? A. Search online for her salary. B. Negotiate her salary offer. C. Ask about her benefits package. 听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题。 17. What is the speaker doing? A. Giving a speech. B.
9、Doing a research. C. Having an interview. 18. What was the destination of the speakers most recent trip? A. Indonesia. B. Italy. C. The U.S. 19. What was the best-known eruption according to the speaker? A. Krakatoa. B. Santorini. C. Vesuvius. 20. What is the speaker mainly talking about? A. The his
10、tory of a town. B. Travel experiences. C. His work. 第二部分第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分阅读理解（共两节，满分 40 分）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 和 D）中选出最佳选项， 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 A Many children are interested in dinosaurs (恐龙). If you have a child who loves dinosaurs, then here is some good news for you. T
11、here is an exhibition of dinosaurs at the Philip J. Currie Dinosaur Museum in Wembley, Albert AYou can plan a family road trip there. Give your child a surprise and youll enjoy your time there as a family. Sitting just 19 kilometers west of Grande Prairie, the Philip J. Currie Dinosaur Museum was op
12、ened in 2015 and has collections that include fossils（化石）of sea animals, art works from different dinosaurs, a large family theater, as well as an outdoor discovery fossil walk, a large outdoor playground and the onsite Dine-O-Saur restaurant. Experience the dinosaurs world like never before as you
13、watch dinosaurs coming alive in movies. Learn about how these animals lived and breathed. You can check out Dinosaurs Unearthed and all of the other exciting exhibitions at the Philip J. Currie Dinosaur Museum on the following days/ time periods : September 1stMay 31st: TuesdaySunday 10 : 00 a. m. 6
14、 : 00 p. m. Closed on Mondays June 1stAugust 31st: SaturdayMonday 10 : 00 a. m. 6 : 00 p. m. TuesdayFriday 10 : 00 a. m. 8 : 00 p. m. Admission (门票): Adults: $ 14 each Seniors (65 + ) : $ 11 each Students (with ID) and children (517) : $7 each Children under 5 : free Family (2 adults and up to 4 chi
15、ldren) : $40 If you want to see a National Geographic film or a full-length film during your visit, it is an extra $2 $4. For more information, please visit the museums website at www. dinomuseum. ca. 21What can people do at the Philip J. Currie Dinosaur Museum? AWatch a full-length film for free. B
16、Learn about dinosaurs disappearance. CHave fun on a large outdoor playground. DBuy some souvenirs of sea animals fossils. 22If you want to go to the museum in October, what time should you try to avoid? AOn Tuesdays. BAfter 6 : 00 p. m. COn the weekend. DBefore 11 : 00 a. m. 23Whats the authors purp
17、ose in writing the passage? ATo introduce a museum. BTo encourage family time. CTo advertise an exhibition. DTo tell readers about dinosaurs. B People often ask how I decide where to go, and I usually get hesitated with my response, as I dont actually have an answer to that. For more than three year
18、s, I have been making movements with the universe, traveling from location to location at seemingly random intervals. A friend of mine posted a Facebook status asking if anybody was interested in a job teaching English in China. So I jumped on a coming plane. Walking into my first class, I was bombe
19、d by 16 strange children who couldnt understand a single word out of my mouth. When I walked out of my last class, six months later, I had made a personal connection with them. Some of my students could barely speak Chinese or English. But somehow, through determination and force, we connected. Ever
20、y class was not only a lesson in English, but in good fellowship, being a role model, being a parent, and being a friend. I became a father to some, an older brother to others. I was loved and adored, feared and hated. I had to learn discipline, and not only how to deal it out, but how to discipline
21、 and conduct myself as a role model. But in between the discipline, I had to make learning a fun experience. And they forgave me when I yelled or got upset. And when they threw temper or bruised their knee or missed their mommy, I forgave them, kissed their bruises better, and gave them a shoulder t
22、o cry on. Teaching English in China is, by far, the most emotionally rewarding and fulfilling thing Ive ever challenged myself to do. I have walked away from this job with a softened heart, knowing that I have made a difference in so many lives. I want that. I want my teachings to be reciprocal beca
23、use they taught me how to unconditionally open my heart and how to be a more 1oving and patient person. 24What can we learn about the writer before he came to China? AHe didnt have a fixed job. BHe was a professional writer. CHe worked in a travel agency. DHe taught in a language school. 25What was
24、the situation like when the author met his students for the first time? AHard. BExciting. CTouching. DInspiring. 26What can we infer about the author from Paragraph 3? AHe was casual and patient. BHe was responsible but sensitive. CHe was cautious but bad-tempered. DHe was self-reflective and consid
25、erate. 27What does the underlined word “reciprocal” in Paragraph 4 most probably mean? ABeneficial. BInteracted. CEncouraging. DAcceptable. C They asked Katherine Johnson for the moon, and she gave it to them. With little more than a pencil, a slide rule and one of the finest mathematical minds in t
26、he country, Mrs. Johnson, who died at 101 on Monday, calculated the precise trajectories (轨道)that would let Apollo 11 land on the moon in 1969 and, after Neil Armstrongs historymaking moonwalk, let it return to Earth. Yet throughout Mrs. Johnsons 33 years in NASA and for decades afterward, almost no
27、 one knew her name. Mrs. Johnson was one of several hundred strictly educated, supremely capable yet largely unrecognized women who, well before the modem feminist movement, worked as NASA mathematicians. But it was not only her sex that kept her long unsung. For some years at midcentury, the black
28、women were subjected to a double segregation (隔离)：They were kept separate from the much large group of white women who in turn were segregated from the agencys male mathematicians and engineers. Mrs. Johnson broke barriers at NASAIn old age, Mrs. Johnson became the most celebrated of black women who
29、 served as mathematicians for the space agency. Their story was told in the 2016 Hollywood film “Hidden Figures,“ which was nominated for three Oscars, including best picture. In 2017, NASA dedicated a building in her honor. That year, The Washington Post described her as “the most high - profile of
30、 the computers” “computers ” being the term originally used to describe Mrs. Johnson and her colleagues, much as “typewriters” were used in the 19th century to represent professional typists. She “helped our nation enlarge the frontiers of space,” NASAs administrator, Jim Bridenstine, said in a stat
31、ement on Monday, “even as she made huge steps that also opened doors for women and people of color in the universal human quest to explore space.” As Mrs. Johnson herself was fond of saying, her tenure (任期) at Langley from 1953 until her retirement in 1986 was “a time when computers wore skirts.” 28
32、What is the function of the first paragraph? ATo present the Apollo moon mission. BTo stress Mrs. Johnsons contributions CTo honour Neil Armstrongs moonwalk. DTo mourn a great womanMrs. Johnson. 29What does the underlined word “barriers” in Paragraph 4 refer to ? AGender inequality and color line. B
33、Mrs. Johnsons unrecognized talents. CThe agencys male mathematicians and engineers. DThe hardships before the modem feminist movement. 30Why were Mrs. Johnson and her colleagues described as “computers“? ABecause they used computers to keep their work secret. BBecause they were the agencys human cal
34、culators CBecause computer systems engaged them deeply. DBecause they opened a door to outer space. 31What can we learn from Mrs. Johnsons experience? ATry things that may not work. BThe world awaits our discovery. CUse knowledge to wipe out ignorance DNever be limited by the labels attached by othe
35、rs. D Burning coal to provide energy adds planet-warming carbon dioxide, or CO2, to Earths atmosphere. As the planet heats up, experts warn that simply cutting greenhouse gas emissions (排放) will not be enough to avoid possibly disastrous levels of global warming. CO2 must also be obliterated from th
36、e atmosphere, they say. Existing experimental machines that remove CO2 directly from the air are too costly to be widely used. But a new report from the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine says effective carbon-removal technology already exists. It is not costly, or even comp
37、lex science. Its forests. The report explains that planting trees and overseeing forests are cost-effective ways to clean the air. They also work well across large areas. Forests used to cover much of the Appalachian Mountains in the eastern United States. In the state of West Virginia, a kind of mi
38、ning known as strip mining (露天开采) left the land there bare, without trees. Now experts are working to bring back the forests that once covered much of the state. West Virginias Monongahela National Forest is home to a rare group of trees. They are called virgin (原始的) woods; they have never been touc
39、hed by humans. Shane Jones, a biologist with the U.S. Forest Service, says the trees there were missed by mistake when the surrounding forest was cut down for wood many years ago. That mistake turned out to be a good thing; red spruce (云杉) forests such as those in the Monongahela are extremely effec
40、tive at taking CO2 out of the atmosphere and locking it into the soil. Experts say, nature offers powerful tools to fight climate change. 32What does the underlined word “obliterated” mean in Paragraph 1? APrevented. BCleared. CProduced. DStored. 33Whats the advantage of forests compared with the ex
41、isting experimental machines? AThey release more oxygen. BThey clear more CO2. CThey save more money. DThey absorb CO2 faster. 34Why does the author mention West Virginia in Paragraph 3? ATo prove the place is unsuitable for human survival. BTo stress planting trees is practical for clean air. CTo i
42、ndicate trees are difficult to live on such poor soil. DTo show people in the state are now living a hard life. 35What can we know about the red spruce trees? AThey can only be found in Monongahela National Forest. BThey were given the name virgin woods for beauty. CThey were cut down for wood by fa
43、rmers. DThey could store carbon dioxide in the soil. 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。 In any survey of self-made millionaires, youre likely to notice the key to their success is that they never stop learning. So how does one build a lifelong learning mindset?
44、 36 Seek out information that may be contrary to what you believe. Expand your horizons. Challenge yourself to find a better way. You will find a way around barriers! Turn mistakes into opportunities. The practice of learning from mistakes is one of the best lifelong learning skills anyone can maste
45、r. 37 They show us better way to think and work. They also provide insights into hidden knowledge and awareness. Adopt a growth mindset. A mindset that is in line with how our brains really works really helps. Individuals with a fixed mindset believe their intelligence and talents are fixed. 38 Peop
46、le with a growth mindset believe they can improve themselves through practice. Establish goals. What do you want to learn? When do you want to learn it? Every year set goals for yourself on skills and knowledge you want to acquire. 39 Besides, I always have the daily goal of learning something new w
47、hether through reading or by talking to other people. Avoid stress. As stress increases, the body releases chemicals to cause a fear response. This creates an environment in which a person simply cant focus or work, let alone learn. Keep life relaxed and learning will follow. 40 There are many other
48、 tips for successfully creating a learning plan, but those dont have a fighting chance if your mindset is passive. ATry new things. BChallenge conventional thinking. CThis means having the end clearly in mind. DThere is much to learn from making mistakes. E.I usually set three big learning goals eac
49、h year. F. They dont think they can improve with efforts. G. This way, success will happen much more naturally. 第三部分 英语知识运用 （共两节，满分 45 分） 第一节 完形填空（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四个选项（A、B、C 和 D）中选出可以填入空白 处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 I got on the bus and noticed a girl looking at me. With the warmest smiles, she rose and 41 into the aisle （ 过道）, offering her se
