1、湖北省鄂州市华容高级中学届高三英语上学期第四次月考试题湖北省鄂州市华容高级中学2020届高三英语上学期第四次月考试题注意事项：1. 答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。2. 回答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。回答非选择题时，将答案写在答题卡上，写在本试卷上无效。3. 考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。第卷第一部分听力(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
2、。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. What will the speakers do today?A. Tour around the city. B. Buy a train ticket. C. Visit a park.2. What did the woman do last weekend?A. She went on a trip. B.
3、 She cleaned her kitchen. C. She moved to a new apartment.3. Where did the man work part-time?A. In a department store. B. In a post office. C. In a bank.4. What is the man doing?A. Having a class. B. Reading a book. C. Taking an exam. 5. Where does the conversation take place?A. In a store. B. In a
4、 concert. C. In a library. 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. Why was Loretta on the news?A. She wrote a song for the TV station.B. She won a music contest.C. She sang a song for chari
5、ty.7. What does Loretta think of singing?A. It gives her great pleasure.B. It will make her famous one day.C. It takes too much of her time.听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。8. What relation is Mr. Butler to the woman?A. Her boss. B. Her customer. C. Her workmate.9. What does the man suggest the woman do?A. Do her bes
6、t to help others. B. Deal with complaints properly.C. Put Mr. Butlers phone calls through to him.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10. What are the mans hobbies?A. Fishing and stamp collecting. B. Reading and watching TV.C. Watching TV and collecting stamps.11. What does the man say about the woman?A. She is popular
7、. B. She is bad-tempered. C. She lacks patience.12. Where does the conversation probably take place?A. In a library. B. By a lake. C. At a cinema.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13. What is the most important transportation in Karls village now?A. The plane. B. The bus. C. The boat.14. What type of work do many pe
8、ople in Karls village do now?A. They fish in a boat. B. They make tools by hand.C. They do business on the Internet.15. What does Karl think of the old lifestyle?A. Easy. B. Exciting. C. Dangerous.16. What is Karl most interested in?A. Modern clothes. B. Computer games. C. Hunting tales.听第10段材料，回答第1
9、7至20题。17. What is the weather probably like today?A. Rainy. B. Dry. C. Hot. 18. Where did Matt begin his journey?A. In England. B. In California. C. In Hawaii.19. How many hours was Matts longest flight?A. Sixteen and a half hours. B. Sixteen hours. C. Fourteen hours.20. What will Matt do next?A. In
10、terview someone. B. Share his experiences. C. Plan on another journey.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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AExhibitions in the British MuseumHokusai: beyond the Great WaveKatsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) is widely regarded as one of Japans most famous
11、 and influential artists.He produced works of astonishing quality right up until his death at the age of 90.This new exhibition will lead you on an artistic journey through the last 30 years of Hokusais lifea time when he produced some of his most memorable masterpieces.25 May13 August 2017Room 35Ad
12、ults12,Members/under 16s freePlaces of the mind: British watercolour landscapes 1850-1950Drawn from the British Museums rich collection,this is the first exhibition devoted to landscape drawings and watercolours by British artists in the Victorian and modern erastwo halves of very different centurie
13、s.23 February27 August 2017Room 90Free,just drop inScythians: warriors of ancient SiberiaThis major exhibition explores the story of the Scythiansnomadic tribes and masters of mounted warfare,who flourished between 900 and 200 BC.Their encounters with the Greeks,Assyrians and Persians were written i
14、nto history but for centuries all trace of their culture was lostburied beneath the ice.14 September 201714 January 2018Room 30Adults16.50,Members/under 16s freePolitics and paradise: Indian popular prints from the Moscatelli GiftThis display is part of the Museums contribution to the India-UK Year
15、of Culture 2017.It looks at the popular print culture of India from the 1880s until the 1950s.19 July3 September 2017Room 90aFree, just drop in21.If you are interested in drawings of natural scenery,you will probably go to_.A. Room 35 B. Room 30 C.Room 90 D. Room 90a22.Which exhibition can you atten
16、d in October 2017?A. Hokusai: beyond the Great Wave.B. Scythians: warriors of ancient Siberia.C. Places of the mind: British watercolour landscapes 1850-1950.D. Politics and paradise: Indian popular prints from the Moscatelli Gift.23.Where can we most probably find the passage?A. In a tour guide. B.
17、 In a story book. C. In a parenting magazine. D. In a health report.BClaraBarton,bornonChristmasin1821,iswidelyknownasoneofthemosthonoredwomeninAmericanhistory.Shebeganteachingschoolwhenmostteachersweremenatthattime.Later,shebecameoneofthefirstwomenevertobeemployedbythegovernment.Hercareerinhelpingt
18、hesickbeganwhenherbrotherDavidbecameherfirstpatient.HefelldownfromtheroofofahousewhenClarawasjust11yearsold.Shestayedbyhissideandlookedafterhimforthreeyears,learninghowtogivehimallhismedicines.WhentheCivilWarbeganin1861,sheimmediatelyrecognizedthatthepoorlyequippedsoldiersneededhelp.Insteadofwaiting
19、forotherstostepin,Claracollectednecessarythingsonherown,askedthepublic fordonationsandlearnedhowtostoreanddistributethemtosoldiers.Shealsoreadtothesoldiersandwrotelettersforthem.AftertheBattleofCedarMountaininnorthernVirginiain1862,Claraarrivedatafieldhospitalatmidnightwithavehiclefullofsupplies.Ado
20、ctornamedPaulSmithatthathospitalwouldlaterwrite,“Ithoughtheavenhadsentoutanangelthatnightherassistancearrivedatexactlytherighttime.”In1869,ClarawenttoEuropeandlearnedabouttheInternationalCommitteeoftheRedCross.UponherreturntotheUnitedStates,shesuccessfullyfoundedtheAmericanRedCross.Sheledtheorganiza
21、tionforthenext23years.Herlastfieldmission(使)aspresidentoftheAmericanRedCrosswastohelpthevictimsofthe1900Galvestonhurricane.Shedidnotretire(退)fromtheAmericanRedCrossuntilshewas83.Truetohernature,Claraalwayswenttowheretheneedwasthegreatest.Today, the American Red Cross continues the mission Clara star
22、ted more than 100 years ago. With the help of thousands of volunteers, the American Red Cross provides relief to victims of disasters, as well as helps people prevent, prepare for and respond to all sorts of emergencies.24.We can learn from Paragraph 2 that Clara Barton was _.A. modest B. caring C.
23、talented D. honest25.After the Civil War broke out, Clara Barton _.A. joined the army and fought bravely B.wenttoEuropeforfurtherstudyC. did a lot to help soldiers D. continued to work as a teacher 26.What is mainly described in Paragraph 5?A.TheaimoftheAmericanRedCross.B.Theimportanceofvoluntarydon
24、ations.C. ClaraBartonscontributiontotheCivilWar.D.ClaraBartonandtheAmericanRedCross. 27. Seeing Clara Bartons arrival, Dr. Smith must have felt _.A. excited and grateful B. proud and joyful C. shy and nervous D. sad and sorryCThe Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences has been awarded to Abhijit
25、Banerjee, Esther Duflo, and Michael Kremer for their experimental approach to alleviating global poverty.Duflo became only the second woman to win a share of the award.The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced it had selected them on Monday. Their prizes will be formally presented, along with
26、those of other Nobel Laureates, at a lavish banquet in Stockholm, Sweden on Dec 10, which is the anniversary of the death of Alfred Nobel, the industrialist and scientist after whom the awards are named. The king of Sweden will present the winners with medals, certificates, and 9 million kronor ($91
27、8,000) in each discipline. A maximum of three people can share each prize each year.The academy said it selected Banerjee, Duflo, and Kremer because of their research into the daunting issue of global poverty. It said they tackled the issue by breaking it down into smaller questions that could be be
28、tter asked and answered. It said they looked into how best to improve the health of children by examining their educations, health systems, agricultural approaches, and access to credit.Forty-six-year-old Duflo, who is the youngest person to win the prize, said current turbulence in global economics
29、 can be traced back to a changing world order.I think we live in turbulent times when many individuals in rich countries are deeply concerned about their position in the world, she said. That anxiety is at the root of much of the turbulence we are seeing.Kremer conducted field experiments in the 199
30、0s on how various interventions improved academic results for children in Kenya. Banerjee and Duflo conducted similar experiments in India.Banerjee and Duflo are married and based at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Kremer is an academic at Harvard University.The prize, which is officially known as The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, is generally thought of as the most prestigious award in the field of economics and h
