武汉市2020届高中毕业生五月质量检测
英语试卷
本试卷供12页，72题。全卷满分150分。考试用时120分钟 2020.5
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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。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. 15. B. £ 9. 18. C. £ 9. 15.
答案是 C。
1. Where are the speakers?
A. In the zoo. B. On the bus. C. At the bus stop.
2. How many dishes has the woman ordered?
A. Two. B. Three. C. Four.
3. When will the man probably leave for Brussels?
A. In the morning. B. In the afternoon. C. In the evening.
4. What does the mother think of the paper?
A. It’s awful. B. It’s excellent. C. It’s just so-so.
5. What are the speakers talking about?
A. Moving house. B. Making a fortune. C. Mending a flat.
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。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. Which passenger is Susan?
A. The one taking a packet.
B. The one pulling a suitcase.
C. The one closing the window.
7. Where are they probably heading for right away?
A. The airport. B. The wedding party. C. The hotel.
听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。
8. How might the woman feel now?
A. A bit worried. B. Extremely nervous. C. Quite calm.
9. What will the man do on Friday?
A. Take an exam. B. Play a match. C. Watch a play.
10. What is the possible relationship between the two speakers?
A. Schoolmates. B. Teacher and student. C. Team-mates.
听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。
11. What does the man think of his parents-in-law?
A. They are generous. B. They are thoughtful. C. They are annoying.
12. What does the woman suggest doing?
A. Buying a bigger house. B. Living with her parents. C. Visiting her parents.
13. What makes the woman miss her parents more?
A. The coming vacation. B. The talk with the man. C. The phone call she made.
听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。
14. What is Simon doing when the woman meets him?
A. Wandering alone. B. Drinking beers. C. Walking home.
15. What does the woman usually do on Sundays?
A. She read the papers.
B. She help with housework.
C. She have lunch in restaurants.
16. What does the woman suggest the man do?
A. Do the shopping. B. Date with Linda. C. Go to Manchester.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17. What is the speaker talking about?
A. Basic human feelings.
B. Rules of online behavior.
C. Face-to-face communication.
18. What should you do when someone online is rude to you?
A. Ignore them. B. Fight back. C. Delete their words.
19. Why should we be kind to online newcomers?
A. They always make mistakes.
B. They may not be sure what to do.
C. They like asking personal questions.
20. How many suggestions does the speaker give?
A. Two. B. Three. C. Four.
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
USA TODAY 10Best's Readers Choice Awards are currently on hold. We asked our readers to vote for the top events across six categories: music, general food, specialty food, film, cultural and emerging industries (founded in the past five years). These are some of the winners:
Kutztown Folk Festival
The nine-day Kutztown Folk Festival is the nation’s oldest continuously operated folk life festival, drawing visitors from around the globe. A celebration of Pennsylvania Dutch culture and heritage, the event includes America’s largest quilt sale, 200 craftsmen and folk artists, local food and family friendly entertainment.
Water Lantern Festival
The Water Lantern Festival is all about connections. Magical nights in cities across the U.S. include food, live music and the beauty of thousands of lanterns decorated with letters of love, hope and dreams floating on the water.
Carnaval of Quebec
The Quebec Carnaval is a 10-day festival of winter, the world’s largest, complete with night parades (庆祝游行), ice skating, snow sculptures and a towering ice palace. Other highlights include ice canoe racing, a sugar shack and iconic Caribou drinks.
San Francisco Chinese New Year Parade
San Francisco has celebrated its Chinese heritage during its annual Chinese New Year Festival & Parade since just after the Gold Rush. The parade ranks among the best in the world, with 100 units, fancy costumes, fireworks and a 268-foot Golden Dragon, which takes a team of 100 men and women to march through the streets. It has become one of the largest events of its kind in the world, drawing some three million spectators and television viewers.
21. What can you see during Kutztown Folk Festival?
A. Modern arts. B. Quilts on sale.
C. Traditional weddings. D. Shows on stage.
22. Which festival is meant to promote interpersonal relationships?
A. Kutztown Folk Festival. B. Carnaval of Quebec.
C. Water Lantern Festival. D. San Francisco Chinese New Year Parade.
23. Carnaval of Quebec and San Francisco Chinese New Year Parade both _____.
A. include special food B. relate to parades
C. take place only at nights D. have sculpture exhibitions
B
The beloved children’s author Tomie dePaola, who was born in Connecticut on September 15, 1934 and whose imaginative and warm-hearted works crossed generations and continents, died Monday at age 85. His death was announced, without details, on social media by his assistant, Bob Hechtel.
DePaola’s works covered many areas of his imagination, from a magical tale centered on a kind and caring Calabrian grandmother — Strega Nona, which won the Caldecott Honor Award in 1976 --- to retelling the inspiring Comanche story of The Legend of the Bluebonnet. In 2000, he won a Newbery Honor for his book 26 Fairmount Avenue, which described his early childhood. Quiet, published in 1980s, is one of his bestselling books. By dePaola’s own count, he worked on some 270 books --- the first in 1965, and the most recent published last year.
In 2011, he won a lifetime prize, the Children’s Literature Legacy Award, which praised his “considerable and lasting contribution to literature for children.” In all, nearly 25 million copies of his books have been sold around the world.
Along with his work as an author, dePaola taught art and theater at various colleges in California, Massachusetts and New Hampshire. For many years, he made his home in New London, N.H.
In 1998, dePaola told a radio reporter that he hoped to recognize children for all their natural abilities. “As a grown-up,” he said, “I want to give children the credit for everything I can: their courage, their humor, their love, their intellectual abilities, their abilities to be fair, their abilities to be unfair. But I do wish that we grown-ups would give children lots of credit for these temporary kinds of qualities that they have.”
24. Which of the following best describes all DePaola’s works?
A. Inspiring. B. Magic. C. Adventurous. D. Imaginative.
25. Which of the following books reflects dePaola’s own life?
A. Quiet. B. Strega Nona.
C. 26 Fairmount Avenue. D. The Legend of the Bluebonnet.
26. What did dePaola think children needed?
A. Adults’ approval. B. Various abilities.
C. Major improvement. D. Superior qualities.
27. What’s the purpose of writing the text?
A. To announce bad news. B. To praise a great artist.
C. To recognize a famous writer. D. To mourn a distinguished man.
C
For decades, Americans have been sorting their trash believing that most plastic could be recycled. But the truth is that the vast majority of all plastic produced can’t be or won’t be recycled. In 40 years, less than 10% of plastic has been recycled.
A news programme Frontline, by NPR and the PBS, found that oil and gas companies — the makers of plastic — have known that all along, even as they spent millions of dollars telling the American public the opposite. The plastics industry officials said the industry is providing money
for new technology that they believe will get recycling plastic up to scale. The goal, they said, is to recycle 100% of the plastic they make in 5 years.
But the more plastic is recycled, the less money the industry will make by selling new plastic. And those profits have become increasingly important. Companies have told shareholders (股东) that profits from using oil and gas for transport are expected to decline in coming years with the increasing use of electric cars. The industry leaders expect oil and gas demands from the chemical industry will be much greater than the demand from the transport side in the coming decade. Plastic production overall is now expected to rise three times by 2050, and once again, the industry is spending money on advertisements and public relations to promote plastic recycling.
Plastic is now more common than it’s ever been and harder to recycle. Gas prices remain at historic lows, making new plastic cheaper than recycled plastic. And the industry now produces many more different — and more complex — kinds of plastics that are more costly to sort and in many cases can’t be recycled at all. Efforts to reduce plastic use are mounting nationwide, but any plan to slow the growth of plastic will face an industry with billions of dollars of future profits to lose.
28. What do we know about the goal of 100% plastic recycling?
A. It’s modest. B. It’s achievable. C. It’s urgent. D. It’s unreal.
29. How will the oil and gas companies make more profits in the following years?
A. By selling electric cars. B. By adding emphasis on recycling.
C. By increasing plastic production. D. By meeting the needs of transport.
30. What does the underlined word “mounting” in paragraph 4 probably mean?
A. Increasing. B. Working. C. Failing. D. Decreasing.
31. What may be the best title for the text?
A. Should Plastic Be Recycled? B. Can Plastic Waste Be Handled?
C. Recycle Plastic or Sell More? D. Chemical Waste or Substituties?
D
Why is poverty so difficult to overcome? Why are poorer people less likely to spend money on their own learning and ability development, but more likely to be addicted to television and video games?
In the past, a poor person was normally considered to have bad virtue or have no ambition. The Nobel Prize winner Banerjee corrects such views and explains the truth behind the poor. Poor people tend to live with more worries in their lives, he said, so they need tools such as televisions, cell phones, junk food and video games to get rid of worries more than others. But learning something often takes a lot of time and money to get rewards, while the poor are often impatient due to economic (经济的) reasons, and their life in the meantime is getting more boring.
Banerjee’s research has found that the poor often need to borrow short-term loans (贷款) Thus, the poor tend to take higher financial risks --- they often have unstable incomes and are unable to get money to start a business from banks, so they rely more on these high-interest loans. And these small loans put a brake on their savings against risks.
How could the poor step into the middle class? Maybe starting a business is a way out. But for the extremely poor, it’s impossible to get help from banks to start a business. In most cases, a more practical option is getting a job in government agencies because comparatively speaking, government jobs are very stable, which give the poor the opportunities to be hired for the long
term, to increase the “bandwidth (带宽)” of their thinking, and thus making it possible for families to move from poverty to the middle class.
What’s the role of government then? When the market can’t solve a problem, the government will solve it. And the problem behind the poor is actually the failure of the market. The poor often lack the necessary information to make the right choices and they often carry too much responsibility for their survival to make the best choices. In this sense, Banerjee’s research provides a new perspective for governments to understand poverty, so that policies can be tailored to reduce poverty and eventually remove it.
32. What do the poor need to improve their ability according to Banerjee?
A. Ambition. B. Money. C. Guidance. D. Patience.
33. What will probably cause the poor to face financial risks?
A. The high-interest loans. B. Their small incomes.
C. The financial policies. D. Their educational backgrounds.
34. What may be a right choice for the poor to get out of poverty?
A. Setting a high goal. B. Working as civil servants.
C. Opening their mind. D. Seeking support from banks.
35. What can the government do to get rid of poverty?
A. Adjust the policy. B. Control the market.
C. Do more research. D. Offer enough information.
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。
I dislike making school lunches. Each morning, I am in a hurry busy slicing cucumbers, washing berries, and filling water bottles, all the while feeling annoyed and even slightly angry. The lunches aren’t particularly challenging to prepare. My daughters are content with the food in their lunch box. 36 There’s no good reason for my annoyance.
And then one morning a thought suddenly came into my mind --- I am so lucky.
Within seconds, those four words bloomed throughout my awareness. 37 I am so lucky to live in a home with electricity, running water, and a functional refrigerator. I am so lucky to live near a grocery store with a plentiful selection of fresh food and snacks and so lucky to have enough money to afford them. I am so lucky to have two daughters who are healthy enough to eat and digest the food I send with them.
I can’t tell you where this sudden burst of gratitude came from, but I do know this: that small shift immediately made my morning lunch routine extremely easier. Rather than feeling impatient and annoyed, I felt calm and pleased. Rather than mentally complaining through the whole morning, I was able to appreciate my situation. 38
I am so grateful for peanut butter. Thank goodness for this magical source of protein that my daughters will actually eat. And jelly, sweet, sweet, jelly. I can’t forget sliced bread — oh, the magic of sliced bread! Imagine if I had to cut those slices myself each morning. 39
Don’t get me wrong — I still don’t enjoy making lunches. 40 It gives me just enough space from my bad temper to choose a different response to whatever is going on.
A. Even so, I can’t stand it.
B. What a mess that would be!
C. My husband also likes my breakfast.
D. All I could think about was how fortunate I am.
E. I found the cure for my bad feelings that morning.
F. I am so lucky to have a job and to have so many good workmates.
G. But the process doesn’t feel like such a struggle when I remember to be grateful.
第三部分 语言知识运用(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A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Last week, my grandfather was explaining his favorite words, “Nothing is ever easy.” Yesterday, I happened to 41 a bumblebee in the living room. I thought 42 the bee would take no more than five minutes. But an hour 43 , the bee remained there. All that had 44 was that the living room was in a mess and that I felt 45 and had to lie on the sofa to take a breath. I did not expect to 46 an hour on such a tiny 47 , but suddenly I understood what my grandfather meant.
It is not only 48 that we tend to underestimate (低估) --- we have to bear other unexpected 49 . We often imagine everything can work in our 50 , but we seldom think of all the 51 things that could affect us. However, it is important to remember that your day or week or year might not 52 as planned, and that is completely 53 . It is absolutely acceptable to feel challenged --- 54 at a task you thought was 55 --- because that is part of life.
If you can accept that nothing will ever be easy, then life might seem slightly more 56 . In middle school, I thought high school might be easier since I could choose the 57 I wanted to take. In high school, I thought college might be easier because I could have a schedule best suited for myself. 58 each time, I was both wrong and 59 . After accepting that school wouldn’t (and shouldn’t) be easy, I found myself with a more positive attitude and improved my 60 .
41. A. get B. notice C. carry D. collect
42. A. removing B. observing C. keeping D. chasing
43. A. ago B. away C. later D. earlier
44. A. changed B. happened C. existed D. compensated
45. A. unsafe B. uneasy C. dull D. dizzy
46. A. pass B. waste C. spare D. last
47. A. space B. room C. insect D. pet
48. A. importance B. effect C. power D. time
49. A. costs B. causes C. pressure D. burden
50. A. mind B. turn C. view D. favor
51. A. strange B. unpleasant C. natural D. funny
52. A. continue B. fly C. go D. come
53. A. dangerous B. normal C. different D. unfair
54. A. usually B. even C. therefore D. instead
55. A. simple B. complex C. important D. urgent
56. A. valuable B. changeable C. manageable D. stable
57. A. jobs B. steps C. classes D. seats
58. A. Yet B. So C. Again D. Also
59. A. selfish B. uncertain C. tired D. disappointed
60. A. appearance B. responsibility C. reputation D. performance
第二节 (共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分)
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入 1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
Visiting a parent at work can open up all sorts of career 61 (possibility). Here's one example of how it inspires their goals for the future.
My dad owns a few insurance agencies, so basically, I can go there on any day. On ___62 way to one of his agencies, I would pretend I 63 (make) important calls on the car phone
and ignored my father. When I got there, I loved running through the halls. While at work, my favorite thing was to scan things. I've always known I wanted to work with something 64 (challenge). Scanning felt like the only 65 (create) thing to do at an insurance agency. People asked 66 I was going to work at the office when I got out of college, and I thought the answer was a hard no. I went to graduate school 67 (get) my Master's in Business and Art Direction. I moved to New York to work as an art director for a bit. Surprisingly, a few years later, I am back in Virginia where I 68 (grow) up and have just launched my very own insurance platform with my wife, Jade and, of course, 69 Dad's help. We offer business insurance to the self-employed. My dad is the 70 (much) positive person I've ever met. He's always available and gives great advice.
第四部分 写作(共两节，满分35分)
第一节 短文改错 (共10小题；每小题l分，满分10分)
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号 (∧)，并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线 (＼) 划掉。
修改：在错的词下画一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：
1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2. 只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。
Last Saturday I cooked supper for my family. The whole morning, I was on the Net, studying what to make delicious food out. After lunch, I went to the market and bought some vegetables
and pork. Back home, I began washed the pork and cut them into cubes. The pork should be cooked firstly because it would take a long time. When the pork is being boiled, I continued toprepare the other dishes. After two hour of hard work, three dishes and a big bowl soup were on
the dinner table. Mom and Dad all congratulated me. They said it was the best supper they have
ever had!
第二节 书面表达(满分25分)
假定你是李华，你的英国朋友Susan看了你的微博之后发来邮件，对你上周帮助一个迷路的3岁小孩回家的事情很感兴趣。请你回复邮件，内容包括：
1. 感谢关注；
2. 助人经过；
3. 你的感受。
注意：
1. 词数100左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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