2020 年高考考前 45 天大冲刺卷
英 语 （四）
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第Ⅰ卷
第一部分 听力
本次训练无听力
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 和 D）中，选出最佳选项。
A
Broken Wings
1-4 Aug: Musical adaptation of the poet Kahil Gibran’s 1912 masterpiece. Set in New York in 1923, it
transports you to turn-of-the-century Beirut.
7:30pm (& 2:30pm 4 Aug). Tickets:￡l0-￡96. www. trh. co. uk.
Theatre Royal Haymarket, Haymarket, SWIY 4HT. T: 020-7930 8800. E7.
Station: Piccadilly Circus.
Chicago the Musical
Martin Kemp stars as Billy in this jazz musical based on real murder cases which shocked Chicago in
the 1920s.
Mon-Sat 7:30pm; Wed & Sat 2:30pm. Tickets: ￡25-￡150. www. phoenixtheatrelondon co. uk.
Phoenix Theatre, 110 Charing Cross Rd, WC2HOJP. T: 0843-316 1082. E7.
Station: Tottenham Court Road.
Dreamgirls
Musical about a female singing group from Chicago. Classic songs include I Am Telling You I’m Not
Going, I Am Changing, and Listen and One Night Only. Join these friends as they go on a musical
rollercoaster ride through a world of fame, fortune and the ruthless realities of show business, testing their
friendships to the very limit.
Mon-Sat 7: 30pm; Wed & Sat 2:30pm Tickets: ￡15-￡75. www. savoytheatre org. savoy.
Strand WC2R OET. T: 0844-871 7687. E8.
Station: Covent Garden.
Everybody’s Talking about Jamie
This feel-good musical is set on a council estate in Sheffield, northern England, and tells the story of
16-year-old Jamie and how he overcomes bullies and prejudice. This is inspired by a true bully story.
Mon-Sat 7:30pm; Wed & &t 2:30pm. Tickets: ￡20-￡85. www. everybodystalkingaboutjarmie.co.
uk
Apollo Theatre, 31 Shaftesbury Ava WID 7ES T: 0330-333 4809. E7.
Station: Piccaddly Circus
21. Which number can one call to get more information on the musical about a murder story?
A. 020-7930 8800. B. 0843-316 1082.
C. 0844-871 7687. D. 0330-333 4809.
22. Which one of the musicals isn’t set in the U. S.?
A. Dreamgirls. B. Chicago the Musical.
C. Broken Wings. D. Everybody’s Talking about Jamie.
23. If one wants to enjoy classic songs, which website should he visit to book tickets?
A. www. trh. co.uk. B. www. phoenixtheatrelondon. co. uk.
C. www. savoytheatre. org. savoy. D. www. everybodystalkingaboutjamie.co. uk
B
My friend, Monty Roberts owns a horse ranch(养马场). The last time I was there he introduced me a
story like this: There was a young man who was the son of a horse trainer, who would go from stable(马厩)
to stable, race track to race track, farm to farm and ranch to ranch, training horses. So the boy’s school
career was continually interrupted. When he was a senior, he was asked to write a paper about what he
wanted to be and do when he grew up.
That night he wrote a seven-page paper describing his goal of someday owning a horse ranch. He
wrote about his dream in great detail and he even drew a diagram of a 200-acre ranch, showing the location
of all the buildings, the stables and the track. He also drew a detailed floor plan for a 4,000-square-foot
house that would sit on a 200-acre dream ranch. He put a great deal of his heart into the project and the next
day he handed it in to his teacher. Two days later he received his paper back. On the front page was a large
red F with a note that read, “See me after class.”
The boy with the dream went to see the teacher after class and asked why he received an F. The
teacher said, “This is an unrealistic dream for a young boy like you. You have no money. You have no
resources. Owning a horse ranch requires a lot of money. You have to buy the land. There’s no way you
could ever do it... If you will rewrite this paper with a more realistic goal, I will reconsider your grade.”
The boy went home and thought about it long and haul. He asked his father what he should do. His
father said, “Look, son, you have to make up your own mind on this. However, I think it is a very important
decision for you.” Finally, after a week, the boy turned in the same paper, making no changes at all. He
stated, “You can keep the F and I’ll keep my dream.”
Monty then turned to me and said, “I tell you this story because you are sitting in my 4,
000-square-foot house in the middle of my 200-acre horse ranch. I still have that school paper framed over
the fireplace.” He added, “The best part of the story is that two years ago that same schoolteacher brought
30 kids to camp out on my ranch for a week. When the teacher was leaving, he said, “Look, Monty, when I
was your teacher, I was something of a dream stealer. During those years I stole a lot of kids’ dreams.
Fortunately, you had enough ambition not to give up on yours.”
24. How did the father deal with his son’s problem?
A. He did not pay attention to it.
B. He punished his son for the large red F.
C. He encouraged his son to make his own decision.
D. He scolded his son for the ridiculous plan.
25. What can we infer from the teacher’s remarks in the last paragraph?
A. Skill comes by exercise.
B. Everybody’s good at something.
C. It’s great to have dreams.
D. Where there is a will, there is a way.
26. Why was Monty’s schooling continually interrupted?
A. Because he didn’t like his teacher.
B. Because he had to do much housework.
C. Because he refused to go to school sometimes.
D. Because his father always changed his working place.
27. What’s the best title for the text?
A. A boy having no changes B. A boy following his heart
C. A boy holding on to his dream D. A boy owning a horse ranch
C
Did you hear what happened at yesterday’s meeting? Can you believe it? If you find those sorts of
quietly whispered questions about your co-workers irresistible, you’re hardly alone. But why are we drawn
to gossip?
A new study suggests it’s because the rumors are all about us. “Gossip receivers tend to use positive
and negative group information to improve, promote, and protect the self,” writes a research team, led by
Elena Martinescu of the University of Groningen in the Netherlands. In the journal Personality and Social
Psychology Bulletin, the researchers described two experiments team, led by Elena Martinescu of the
University described two experiments testing the personal value gossip receivers get.
The first featured 178 university undergraduates, who had all previously worked on at least one course
assignment with a group of four or more students. Participants were asked to recall and write a short
description of an incident, in which a group member shared with them either positive or negative
information about another group member’s secret. They then reported their level of agreement with a series
of statements. Some of these measured the self-improvement value of the gossip (“The information
received made me think I learn a lot from X”); others measured its self-promotion value (“The information
I received made me feel that I am doing well compared to X”). Still others measured whether the gossip
raised personal concerns (“The information I received made me feel that I must protect my image in the
group”).
In the second experiment, 122 undergraduates were assigned the role of “sales agent” at a major
company. They received gossip from a colleague that a third person either did very well or very badly at a
performance evaluation, and were then asked about the emotions that information caused. They also
responded to the above-mentioned set of statements presented to the participants in the first experiment.
In each experiment, participants found both negative and positive gossip to be of personal value with
different reasons. “Positive gossip has self-improvement value,” they write. “Competence-related positive
gossip about others contains lessons about how to improve one’s own competence. On the other hand,
negative gossip has self-promotion value, because it provides individuals with social comparison
information that justifies self-promoting judgments which results in feelings of pride.”
In addition, the results showed that negative gossip brought about self-protection concerns, the
researchers write. “Negative gossip makes people concerned that their reputations may be at risk, as they
may personally become targets of negative gossip in the future, which generates fear.” Fear is hardly a
pleasant sensation( 感 觉 ), but it can be a motivating one. As researchers put it: “Gossip conveniently
provides individuals with indirect social-comparison information about relevant others.”
28. Why are we drawn to gossip according to the researchers?
A. We need evaluative information about others to evaluate ourselves.
B. We are interested in the news that arouses our personal concerns.
C. We tend to gain a sense of pride from judging others.
D. We are likely to learn lessons from others’ mistakes.
29. According to the first experiment, which of the following shows self-promotion value?
A. I have to learn from Mary according to what Tom said about her.
B. I should behave myself in case of being gossiped about like Mary.
C. I’ve done better than Mary according to what Tom said about her.
D. I have no comments on what Tom said about Mary.
30. What’s the critical difference of the second experiment compared with the first one?
A. The identities of the participants.
B. The number of the participants studied.
C. The time during which the experiment lasted.
D. The role-play technique used in experiment.
31. What role does “negative gossip” play according to the researchers?
A. A fear killer. B. A protector.
C. A motivator. D. A subject provider.
D
Facial recognition technology is already widely used by governments and some advertising
companies. The technology uses machine learning tools to search for faces in an attempt to identify people.
In a recent study scientists announced they had developed machine learning tools to track the faces of
individual wild chimpanzees(黑猩猩). Dan Schofield said that the system was developed to improve the
quality of information collected about chimpanzees in the wild over a long period of time.
“For species like chimpanzees, which have complex social lives and live for many years, getting
snapshots of their behavior from short-term field research can only tell us so much,” Schofield said.
The researchers wanted to get a more complete understanding of the lives of the chimpanzees by
studying them over several generations. But doing this would have required searching through hundreds of
hours of video recordings of chimpanzees in the wild.
The researchers recorded the activities of a group of chimpanzees that lived in the West African nation
of Guinea. A facial recognition computer model was trained using more than 10 million images of the
animals. The model was then used to search, recognize and track individual chimpanzees. The system was
able to identify individual chimpanzees correctly about 92 percent of the time. It successfully identified the
animals’ sex 96 percent of the time.
The study included an experiment with humans to see how they could perform against the machine
learning system in making identifications. The human persons were able to correctly identify individual
chimpanzees about 42 percent of the time. The machine learning tool was much faster at completing the
experiment. Human experts took about 55 minutes, while the computer took only seconds.
The researchers say they are permitting other scientists to use the system for similar projects. They
hope the method will be used with other species to record animal behavior and monitor different animal
populations in the environment.
32. What can we infer from Schofield’s words?
A. Researching chimpanzees needs more information.
B. Chimpanzees can live as long as humans.
C. Chimpanzees like to get snapshots too.
D. Short-term field research provides more information.
33. What does the underlined word “this” refer to?
A. Recording the chimpanzees in the wild.
B. Studying chimpanzees over several years.
C. Understanding the lives of the chimpanzees completely.
D. Getting snapshots of chimpanzees’ behavior.
34. What did the experiment with humans prove in the study?
A. Humans make more accurate identifications.
B. The machine learning system is more effective.
C. Humans can’t identify the animals’ sex correctly.
D. Machine learning tools take a little more time in identification.
35. What is the best title for the text?
A. Facial recognition for animals is becoming popular
B. Facial recognition is helping animals live in the wild
C. Facial recognition plays a role in raising animals
D. Facial recognition is used to identify and follow animals
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。
The Spring Equinox(春分)
The traditional Chinese lunar calendar divides a year into 24 solar terms. The Spring Equinox as the
fourth term of the year starts on March 20 and ends on April 4 in 2020. 36. . On the day of the
Spring Equinox, sun is directly above the equator( 赤道). After the equinox, the sun moves northwards,
resulting in gradually longer day time in the Northern Hemisphere( 北 半 球 ) and longer night in the
Southern Hemisphere.
The ancient Chinese people divided the fifteen days of the Spring Equinox into three “hou’s” or
five-day parts. 37. ; thunder cracks the sky in the second hou; lightning occurs frequently in the third
hou, which vividly reveals the climate feature during the Spring Equinox.
38. . It is an old custom that dates back to 4,000 years ago. People practice this tradition to
celebrate the coming of spring. It is believed that if someone can make the egg stand, he will have good
luck in the future. Some believe that the Spring Equinox is the best time to practice this game because on
this day the axis of the earth is relatively balanced against the orbital plane of the earth’s rotation around
the sun, which makes it easier to erect an egg.
Spring Equinox is also a good time to fly kites. 39. . So to pray for health, they wrote their
medical issues on paper kite. When the kite was in the air, people would cut off the string to let the paper
kite float away, symbolizing the flying away of diseases. 40. . On the Spring Equinox, people write a
blessing on the kite, hoping that the gods in the sky would see it.
A. Later flying kites developed into a popular game of spring
B. In ancient times, people did not have good medical resources
C. The Spring Equinox signals the equal length of the day and night time
D. It suggests that people flying kites help preserve health and bring good luck
E. Farmers will reward cattle with sticky rice balls to express their gratefulness
F. As the old saying goes, swallows fly back to the North in the first hou
G. Standing an egg upright is a popular game across the country during the Spring Equinox
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。
An earthquake hit Kashmir on Oct. 8. It took some 75,000 lives, 41 130,000 and left nearly
3.5 million without food, jobs or homes. 42 overnight, scores of tent villages bloomed 43
the region, tended by international aid organizations, military ranks and aid groups 44 day and
night to shelter the survivors before winter set 45 .
Luckily, the season was mild. But with the 46 of spring the refugees will be moved again.
Camps that 47 health care, food and shelter for 150,000 survivors have begun to close as they were
48 intended to be permanent.
For most of the refugees, the thought of going back brings 49 emotions. The past six months
have been difficult. Families of 50 many as 10 people have had to shelter 51 a single tent
and share cookstoves and bathing 52 with neighbors. “They are looking forward to the clean water
of their rivers,” officials say. “They are 53 of free fresh fruit. They want to get back to their herds
and start 54 again.” But most will be returning to 55 but heaps of ruins. In many villages,
electrical 56 have not been repaired, nor have roads. Aid workers 57 that it will take years
to rebuild what the earthquake took 58 . And for the thousands of survivors, the 59 will
never be complete.
Yet the survivors have to start somewhere. New homes can be built onto the stones, bricks and beams
of old ones. Spring is coming and it is a good time to 60 again.
41. A. injured B. ruined C. destroyed D. damaged
42. A. Altogether B. Almost C. Scarcely D. Surely
43. A. among B. above C. amid D. across
44. A. working B. playing C. fighting D. climbing
45. A. out B. in C. on D. off
46. A. falling B. emergence C. arrival D. appearing
47. A. strengthened B. aided C. transferred D. provided
48. A. never B. once C. ever D. yet
49. A. puzzled B. contrasted C. doubled D. mixed
50. A. like B. as C. too D. so
51. A. by B. below C. under D. with
52. A. facilities B. instruments C. implements D. appliances
53. A. seeking B. dreaming C. longing D. searching
54. A. producing B. cultivating C. farming D. nourishing
55. A. anything B. something C. everything D. nothing
56. A. lines B. channels C. paths D. currents
57. A. account B. measure C. estimate D. value
58. A. aside B. away C. up D. out
59. A. reservation B. retreat C. replacement D. recovery
60. A. start B. remain C. survive D. end
第 II 卷
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。
With a population of 602,000, Luxembourg is one of the richest and smallest 61. (country) in
Europe, yet it suffers from major traffic jams.
Taking up 2,586 square kilometers, Luxembourg is roughly the size of Rhode Island. From the capital
of Luxembourg City, Belgium, France and Germany can all 62. (reach) by car in half an hour. High
housing costs, especially in Luxembourg City, mean more than 180,000 of its workforce commute(通勒)
from those neighboring nations every day. Luxembourg is a very 63. (attract) place for jobs,
64. its “booming economy" and high concentration of jobs have led to congestion(拥塞) issues. In
2016, Luxembourg had 662 cars per 1,000 people, and 65. (drive) is a “primary means of
transportation” for commuters. That year, drivers in Luxembourg City 66. (spend) an average of 33
hours in traffic. It fared 67. (bad) than European cities Copenhagen and Helsinki, which have
comparable population sizes to all of Luxembourg, yet it only took drivers in both an average of 24 hours
in traffic.
But that could be about to change. 68. country at this very moment is in really good shape, thus
the government wants the people to benefit 69. the good economy. As of March 1, 2020 all public
transport—trains, trams and buses—in the country is now free, 70. (make) it the first free public
transport country in the world. The government hopes the move will alleviate heavy congestion and bring
environmental benefits.
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 1 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。
Nowadays, with the growing popularity of computers, students were paying less and less attention to
handwriting.
According to a recently survey, many students don’t want to improve their handwriting for various
reason. 52 percent of them think that they can just use a computer, so it is no need to waste time improving
our handwriting. 32 percent believe that they are too busy with the study that they have no time to
practising, and 16 percent think that practicing handwriting is useless.
As the saying went, writing style shows the man. Beautiful and neat handwriting is great benefit,
especially for students. Therefore, in my opinion, the more importance should be attached to handwriting
from now on.
第二节 书面表达（满分 25 分）
假设你是李华，收到了正在学中文的外国朋友 Peter 送给你的马克吐温写的一本书 The
Adventures of Tom Sawyer (汤姆索亚历险记)，作为回赠，你想送一本能体现中国文化的书，请给 Peter
写封电子邮件。
要点：1. 对他表达感谢和对这本书的喜欢；
2. 简单介绍你赠送的这本书；
3. 希望他了解中国文化。
注意：1. 词数 100 左右；2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
参考答案
第一部分 听力
略
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)
A
【答案】21-23 BDC
B
【答案】24-27 CDDC
C
【答案】28-31 ACDC
D
【答案】32-35 ACBD
第二节（共 5 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 10 分）
【答案】36-40 CFGBA
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）
【答案】41-45 ABDAB 46-50 CDADB 51-55 CABCD 56-60 ACBDA
第 II 卷
第二节（共 10 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 15 分）
【答案】
61. countries
62. be reached
63. attractive
64. but
65. driving
66. spent
67. worse
68. The
69. from
70. making
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 1 分，满分 10 分）
【答案】
1. were →are
2. recently→recent
3. reason→reasons
4. it→there
5. our→their
6. too→so
7. practicing→practise
8. went→goes
9. is 后加 of
10.去掉 more 前的 the
第二节 书面表达（满分 25 分）
【范文】
Dear Peter,
Having got the book you sent me, I can’t help writing this email to express my gratitude to you. This
book, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, written by Mark Twain, enjoys great popularity around the world.
Not only does it help me improve my English but also inspires me a lot.
I know your Chinese has improved a lot these days. I will send you a book, the name of which is
History as Mirror. After reading this book, I think you will know more about Chinese history and be a
Chinese expert. In my opinion, to learn a language is to learn its culture. As you know, Chinese culture is
profound, which makes learning Chinese a tough job. Wish you great progress in Chinese study.
Best wishes and keep in touch!
Yours,
Li Hua
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