1、安徽省黄山市普通高中届高三英语八校联考试题黄山市普通高中2020届高三“八校联考”英 语 试 题本试卷分第I卷（选择题）和第II卷（非选择题）全卷150分，考试时间120分钟第I卷 （选择题 共100分）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。1. What is the man going to do?A. Go to the theater. B. Hold a party. C.
2、Visit his uncle.2. How much memory does the man s notebook have now?A. 160 GB. B. 320GB. C. 480GB.3. Which program starts at nine tonight?A. Total Soccer. B. Nature Program. C. The Mighty Heroes.4. Why has Patrick moved out?A. To pay less money. B. To live in a quiet place. C. To be near the workpla
3、ce5. How will the man travel to Miami this time?A. By air. B. By car. C. By train.第二节(共15小题，每小题1.5分，满分22.5分)请听下面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。请听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。6. What has the man bought for Julie and Will?A. Cups. B. Plates. C.
4、 Houseplants.7. Why does the woman want to give Julie and Will a picture?A. It is famous. B. It is useful. C. It is unusual.请听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。8. What are the speakers talking about?A. A plan for a festival.B. A comparison of different countries.C. A show of different artworks.9. What will the man be r
5、esponsible for?A. Designing a website. B. Cooking a meal. C. Doing some artworks.请听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10. How many years did it take the man to move up to Grade 5?A. Four. B. Five. C. Six.11. Who can go to school for more training?A. Those who learn quickly.B. Those who are above Grade 5C. Those who pa
6、ss the training test.12. How does the man feel about the womans suggestion?A. Disappointed. B. Uninterested. C. Excited.请听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13. What will the man do in New York?A. Give a presentation. B. Have an interview. C. Visit a factory site.14. How long will the man talk to Lindsey Cole?A. One h
7、our. B. One and a half hours. C. Two hours.15. When will the man arrive in Shanghai?A. On the 17th. B. On the 18th C. On the 19th16. Where will the speakers have dinner together?A. In San Francisco. B. In New York. C. In Dallas.请听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. Why did Dan Pearman go to Ecuador in 1993?A. To h
8、ave a holiday. B. To do voluntary work. C. To get further education.18. When did Dan Pearman start Pedal Power?A. In 1994. B. In 1996. C. In 1998.19. What does Pedal Power rely on?A. Getting enough bicycles to send regularly.B. Finding new areas which need the bicycles.C. Charging for the bicycles i
9、t sends abroad.20. What problem did Pedal Power face two years ago?A. It had to delay sending the bikes.B. It lacked the money to meet its cost.C. It was criticized in the British media.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）AOne of the greatest gifts one generation can give to other generations
10、is the wisdom it has gained from experience. This idea has inspired the award-winning photographer Andrew Zuckerman. He interviewed and took photos of fifty over-sixty-five-year-olds all over the world. His project explores various aspects of their lives. The photos and interviews are now available
11、on our website.Click on the introductions to read the complete interviews.Let us now have a culture of peace.Federico Mayor Zaragoza, SpainFederico Mayor Zaragoza obtained a doctorate in pharmacy(药学) from the Complutense University of Madrid in 1958. After many years spent in politics, he became Dir
12、ector-General of UNESCO in 1987. In 1999, he created the Foundation for a culture of Peace, of which he is now the president. In addition to many scientific publications, he has published four collections of poems and several books of essays.Writing is a discovery.Nadine Gordimer, South AfricaDue to
13、 a weak heart, Nadine Gordimer attended school and university briefly. She read widely and began writing at an early age. She published her first short story at the age of fifteen, and has completed a large number of works, which have been translated into forty languages. In 1991, Gordimer won the N
14、obel Prize for Literature.Jazz is about the only form of art today.Dave Brubeck, USADave Brubeck studied music at the University of the Pacific and graduated in 1942. After World War Two he was encouraged to play jazz. In 1951, he recorded his first album. Brubecks 1959 album has become a jazz stand
15、ard. He received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1996.For more figures CLICK HERE.21. Why did Andrew Zuckerman choose the fifty elders for his project?A. Because their wisdom deserves to be passed on.B. Because they are physically impressive.C. Because their accomplishments inspired him.D. Be
16、cause they have similar experiences.22. According to the web page, Federico Mayor Zaragoza _.A. has won many awards for his work in politicsB. has made achievements in different areasC. has devoted all his life to the field of scienceD. has served as the president of a university23. Who most probabl
17、y said “My education has been the library and books” in the interview when reflecting on his/her experience?A. Nadine Gordimer. B. Federico Mayor Zaragoza.C.Andrew Zuckerman. D. Dave Brubeck.24. What is the main purpose of this web page?A. To show Zuckermans awards.B. To publicize Zuckermans project
18、.C. To celebrate the achievements of the three people.D. To spread the wisdom of the three people.BIn a recent announcement, Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology(MIT) said that they have joined forces to offer free online courses in an effort to attract millions of online learners w
19、orldwide.Beginning this fall, a number of courses developed by teachers at both universities will be offered online through a new $60 million program, known as edX. Anyone with an Internet connection anywhere in the world can use our online courses, Harvard President Drew Faust said during a meeting
20、 to announce the plan.MIT has offered a program called OpenCourseWare for ten years that makes materials from more than 2,000 classes free online. It has been used by more than 100 million people. In December, the school announced it also would begin offering a special certificate, known as MITx, fo
21、r people who complete certain online courses. Harvard has long offered courses to a wider population through a similar program.The MITx will serve as the foundation for the new learning platform.MIT President Susan Hockfield said more than 120,000 people signed up for the first MITx course. She said
22、 Harvard and MIT hope other universities will join them in offering courses on the open-source edX platform.Fasten your seatbelts, Hockfield said.Other universities, including Stanford, Yale and Carnegie-Mellon, have been experimenting with teaching to a global population online.The Harvard-MIT prog
23、ram will be monitored by a not-for-profit(非盈利的) organization based in Cambridge, to be owned equally by the two universities. Both MIT and Harvard have provided $30 million to start the program. They also plan to use the edX platform to research how students learn and which teaching methods and tool
24、s are most successful.25. According to this passage, edX is _.A. a part of the free MIT OpenCourse WareB. a free computer program by MIT and HarvardC. a Harvard-MIT platform of free online coursesD. a free program online for universities worldwide26.What is said about online education in the text?A.
25、 Universities have been trying online courses.B. About 2,000 online courses have been offered.C. Over 100 million people have finished courses online.D. Stanford and Yale together have courses similar to edX.27.The underlined part in the text probably means“_”.A. Get ready for the difficultiesB. Get
26、 ready for this educational changeC. Get prepared to complete the online coursesD Get prepared to make materials for the edX courses28. What can be learned about MITx according to the text?A. It is first offered as part of the edX learning program.B. It is another free MIT-Harvard online learning pr
27、ogram.C. It is a standard to recognize online learners achievement.D. It is a new kind of free online course of Harvard and MIT.CImagine, one day, getting out of bed in Beijing and being at your office in Shanghai in only a couple of hours, and then, after a full day of work, going back home to Beij
28、ing and having dinner thereSounds unusual, doesnt it? But its not that unrealistic, with the development of Chinas high-speed railway system. And thats not all. China has an even greater high-speed railway plan to connect the country with Southeast Asia, and eventually Eastern EuropeChina is negotia
29、ting to extend its own high-speed railway network to up to 17 countries in 10 to 15 years, eventually reaching London and SingaporeChina has proposed three such projects. The first would possibly connect Kunming with Singapore via Vietnam and MalaysiaAnother could start in Urumqi and go through Kaza
30、khstan and Uzbekistan，and possibly to GermanyThe third would start in the northeast and go north through Russia and then into Western EuropeIf Chinas plan for the high-speed railway goes forward，people could zip over from London to Beijing in under two daysThe new system would still follow Chinas hi
31、gh-speed railway standard. And the trains would be able to go 346 kilometers an hour, almost as fast as some airplanesChinas high-speed train, the one connecting Wuhan to Guangzhou, already has the Worlds fastest average speed. It covers 1,069 kilometers in about three hoursOf course，there are some
32、technical challenges to overcomeThere are so many issues that need to be settled, such as safety, rail gauge(轨距), maintenance of railway tracks. So，its important to pay attention to every detailBut the key issue is really money. China is already spending hundreds of billions of Yuan on domestic railway expansionChina prefers that t
