山西省2020届高三2月开学摸底英语试卷 WORD版含答案.doc

1、英语注意事项：答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号等填写在答题卡和试卷指定位置上。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。考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。第一部分听力（共两节，满分30 分）做题时，请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

2、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。What does the woman want to do?A. Find a place.B. Buy a map.C. Get an address.What will the man do for the woman?A. Repair her car.B. Give her a ride.C. Pick up her aunt.Who might Mr. Peterson be?A. A new professor.B.

3、 A department head.C. A company director.What does the man think of the book?A. Quite difficult.B. Very interesting.C. Too simple.What are the speakers talking about?A. Weather.B. Clothes.C. News.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

4、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. How long did Michael stay in China?A. Five days.B. One week.C. Two weeks.Where did Michael go last year?A. Russia.B. Norway.C. India.听第7 段材料，回答第8、9 题。What food does Sally like?A. Chicken.B. Fish.C. Eggs.What are the speakers going to do?A. Cook

5、 dinner.B. Go shopping.C. Order dishes.听第8 段材料，回答第10 至12 题。Where are the speakers?A. In a hospital.B. In the office.C. At home.When is the report due?A. Thursday.B. Friday.C. Next Monday.What does George suggest Stephanie do with the report?A. Improve it.B. Hand it in later.C. Leave it with him.听第9

6、段材料，回答第13 至16 题。What is the probable relationship between the speakers?Salesperson and customer.Homeowner and cleaner.Husband and wife.How much rent should one pay for the onebedroom apartment?A. $350.B. $400.C. $415.AWhat kind of apartment do the speakers prefer?A. One with two bedrooms.B. One with

7、out furniture.C. One near a market.Where is the apartment the speakers would like to see?A. On Lake Street.B. On Market Street.C. On South Street.听第10 段材料，回答第17 至20 题。How long has the speaker lived in a big city?A. One year.B. Ten years.C. Eighteen years.What is the speakers opinion on public transp

8、ort?A. Its comfortable.B. Its timesaving.C. Its cheap.What is good about living in a small town?A. Its safer.B. Its healthier.C. Its more convenient.What kind of life does the speaker seem to like most?2A. Busy.B. Colourful.C. Quiet.第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分60 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。第一节（共 15 小题

9、；每小题3 分，满分45 分）2AVote for the 2019 TIME for Kids Person of the Year!2Time flies! Before we know it, well be ringing in 2020. The TFK team is taking a look back at 2019. Who was the most important person of the year? Read on to learn about all the nominees（被提名的人）, and then cast your vote. Well announ

10、ce the winner in midDecember. Now get to it! Every vote counts.Since 2016, Chef JOSE ANDRES and the team at his nonprofit group,World Central Kitchen, have provided meals to survivors of hurricanes, wildfires, and other emergencies. In 2019, Hurricane Dorian hit the Bahamas.Andrs and his team sprang

11、 into action. At press time, they had served moreathan 1.75 million meals there.Swedish climate activist GRETA THUNBERG, 16, is the face of the youthemovement for climate awareness. In August, Greta set out on a zeroemissions sailacross the Atlantic Ocean to speak to world leaders at the 2019 United

12、 NationswClimate Action Summit. She was nominated for this years Nobel Peace Prizedand continues to inspire people of all ages to fight for the health of Planet Earth.cADutch inventor BOYAN SLAT founded The Ocean Cleanup in 2013. His goal: To get rid of plastics polluting the worlds oceans. This fal

13、l, Slat announced that the system was finally working. The device is being used in an area of the Pacific Ocean. Nearly 2 trillion pieces of trash have collected there. Slat hopes to get half of the trash removed by 2025.Author JASON REYNOLDS has written more than a dozen books for kids. Hes a 2019

14、National Book Awards finalist for Young Peoples Literature. In his books and in real life, Reynolds is concerned with the voices of black children and teenagers. In 2019, he made some 50 visits to classrooms and conferences. His mission: to show readers that he values their stories as much as they v

15、alue his.Why is Greta nominated for this years Nobel Peace Prize?She is a Swedish climate activist.She fights for the health of the Earth.She sailed across the Atlantic Ocean alone.She tries to get rid of plastics in the oceans.Who is concerned with black children and teenagers?A. Jose Andes.B. Boya

16、n Slat.C. Jason Reynolds.D. Greta Thunberg.What is the purpose of this text?kA. To issue an official report.B. To call on readers to vote.C. To introduce some great works.D. To carry out a regular review.BFrederick Phiri is the junkart king of Zambia: at just 22, he started to earn an internationalr

17、eputation for being able to make complex and elegant sculptures from scrap metal（金属废料） found in his community.ePhiris father died when he was starting primary school. Then his mother abandoned himand he had to stay with his grandfather. His grandfather paid for his schooling through primaryhschool b

18、ut when he entered secondary school, he had to get various jobs to pay for his fees. Yeteven in school, he was always drawing and making things in class.After graduating, he did what he could to support himself by making animal sculptures fromewires and sold them to tourists. His work was so popular

19、 that it caught the eye of Karen Beattie,director of Project Luangwa, a nonprofit dedicated to education and economic development in central Africa.A“I introduced him to a local welder（焊工）,”Beattie told Newsweek.（tt t rsIn 2017, Phiri worked with welder Moses Mbewe during the rainy season, helping t

20、o make acomplex set of doors for Project Luangwa. The piece sparked an idea in Beatties mind:“IBhanded him a bunch of scrap metal and said,Make something with this.And he did. It wasSwonderful.”cToday, Phiri continues his art, using pieces of junk people bring him keys, broken bikechains, old metal

21、plugs and whatever scrap metal is lying around. He then turns the junk intobabstract animals elephants, cranes, giraffes, chameleons and sells them at Project Luangwaaheadquarters. The community has recognized his talents.“My dream is to earn enough to study art at the Evelyn Hone College in Lusaka

22、and be ablento make a living from it,”Phiri said“. And then to make very large sculptures.”What is Phiri known for?cServing his community.Collecting works of art.Being the king of Zambia.Turning trash into treasure.cWhat can we learn about Phiri from paragraph 2?nHe had an unhappy childhood.oHe paid

23、 for his primary school.He had to support his grandfather.He missed school to do parttime jobs.2How does Phiri feel about his future?A. Uncertain.B. Confident.C. Depressed.D. Satisfied.2What can be a suitable title for the passage?A Rough Road to SuccessThe Junk Art King of ZambiaA Young Mans Wildes

24、t DreamThe Modern Junk Works of Art3CAn electric flying vehicle called Skai was shown yesterday near Los Angeles, California.3Skai is made by Alakai Technologies. The vehicle has six rotors（旋翼）on the roof and seats inside for five people.ALike a drone（无人机）, the vehicle from Alakai Technologies takes

25、 off and lands verticallya（垂直地）. Its one of many similar electric flying vehicles in production, including ones fromBoeing and Airbus. But most of them are powered by batteries, which can add a lot of weight. The Skai instead uses very light hydrogen fuel cells to run its rotors, giving it a range o

26、f 400 miles（644 kilometers）and the capacity to carry 1,000 pounds（454 kilograms）in people or goods, theecompany says.Alakai says its planning a test flight near its Massachusetts headquarters. It will be flownaby an on board pilot（飞行员）, but the technology exists to eventually fly it remotely and eve

27、nautonomously. However, it will be years before the Federal Aviation Administration（FAA）allowsethe autonomous flight of passenger vehicles, said Thaddeus Lightfoot, who helps companiesnavigate FAA rules.“Drone like vehicles such as the Skai must first simply prove their airworthiness, like any commo

28、n plane. After that, getting commercial certification is another complex process. The technology is interesting, but the regulatory road will be very long,”said Lightfoot, adding that the idea of allowing people to fly in a large aircraft without a pilot is“well outside the current regulatory system

29、.”Hanvey, CEO of Alakai Technologies, said that it could take at least a decade before the company realizes his goal of electric flying vehicles ferrying passengers over major cities at nearly 120 mph. Before that, he hopes to see Skai aircraft used by first responders to send in food or water follo

30、wing disasters like hurricanes or wildfires. It could also serve as a mobile cell tower, staying in the sky for up to 10 hours over a neighborhood to provide communication services, he said.What is the advantage of the Skai?A. It is quite light.B. It uses batteries.C. It carries more people.D. It la

31、nds autonomously.What can we infer about the pilotless flight of passenger vehicles?It costs a lot.It saves energy.It is not readily available now.It will soon get approved by FAA.According to Thaddeus Lightfoot, what should the Skai do first?A. Prove its safety to fly.B. Conduct a test flight.C. Ge

32、t a commercial license.D. Obey the International Air Law.Where is the Skai probably first used according to Hanvey?A. In the countryside.B. In some major cities.C. In mountainous areas.D. In disasterstricken areas.AD3Driving while talking on the phone increases the likelihood of an accident and is a

33、ctually more dangerous than driving drunk, U.S. researchers report. This holds true whether the driver is holding a cell phone or using a handsfree device.“As a society, we have agreed on not tolerating the risk associated with drunk driving,”saidresearcher Frank Drews, an assistant professor of psy

34、chology at the University of Utah.“This3study shows us that somebody who is conversing on a cell phone is exposing him or herself and others to a similar risk cell phones actually are a higher risk,”he said.In the study, 40 people followed a pace car along a prescribed course, using a driving simula

35、tor（模拟仪）. Some people drove while talking on a cell phone, others drove while drunk（meaning their blood-alcohol limit matched the legal limit of 0.08 percent）, and others drove with no such distractions. The researchers found an increased accident rate when people were conversing on the cell phone.

36、Drivers on cell phones were 5.36 times more likely to get in an accident.The bottom line: Cellphone use was linked to“a significant increase in the accident rate,” Drews said.The phone users did even worse than the inebriated, the Utah team found. There werethree accidents among those talking on cel

37、l phones all of them involving a rearending（追尾）of the pace car. In contrast, there were no accidents recorded among participants who were drunk.In response to safety concerns, some states have declared it illegal to use hand held cellTphones while driving. But that type of law may not be effective,

38、because the Utah researchersofound no difference in driver performance whether the driver was holding the phone or talking ona handsfree model.“We have seen again and again that there is no difference between handsfree and handheldedevices,”Drews said.“The problem is the conversation. The best solut

39、ion to the problem isHobvious: Dont talk on the phone while you are driving. ”Which group of drivers performed worst in the study?eThose phone users.Those who are drunk.Those following a pace car.aThose with hearing problems.cWhat does the underlined phrase“the inebriated”in paragraph 5 refer to?The

40、 drunk drivers.oThe researchers.dThe cellphonefree drivers.aThe Utah team.AWhat can be concluded from the last two paragraphs?ssr）.l ssyA. Driver performance has nothing to do with the use of mobile phones.B. It is timely to ban the use of handheld phones while driving.dC. The Utah researchers find

41、the traffic safety law works as well as before.D. Talking on the phone while driving should be avoided.d35. In which section of a newspaper is this text from?Sports.Economy.C. Society.D. Entertainment.n第二节（共5 小题；每小题3 分，满分15 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。eExperiencedBased EducationEvery

42、one is familiar with traditional education. You sit in a class and a teacher teaches.This is an important part of development. But at some point, every individual has to take chargenof their own education. To do this, one must look at the root of learning. 36Basically, unfamiliar experiences usually

43、 add more value than experiences that are familiar. 37And we are in a better state to learn something new. Honestly, someone who neverexperiences the same thing twice will never have a chance to benefit from anything learned. However, new experiences are generally what make people interesting and pu

44、sh them to grow.High school is a new experience. College is a new experience. However, at some point traditional education becomes repetitive. It is not that you wont learn anything else, but that the environment is so familiar. 38 To solve this, an individual needs to introduce new experiences into

45、 their life. You may spend a summer in a different part of the country or learn a new language through trial and error. You can also go to a drivein movie（or some other entertainment event that is new to you）. 39 These types of experiences often result in very little“book knowledge”. Instead, they w

46、ill often provide you with a better understanding of yourself as you experience your reaction to different situations. 40 It can be invaluable for you to work effectively with others. Becoming a well rounded human isnt something that happens by accident. You can spend your entire lifetime developing

47、 your potential.A姓名 准考证号 Has education changed so much in the last decade?4They will also provide you with a better understanding of others.4Those new experiences may not lead to great personal development.4These are all things that can stretch and expand your experience in life.4This is because unf

48、amiliar experiences require much more of our attention.4As a result, you can easily become less aware of your experience and not learn as much.4What makes some experiences add great value to our lives while other experiences do not?45第三部分 语言知识运用（共两节，满分55 分）5第一节（共20 小题；每小题2 分，满分40 分）5阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的

49、A、B、C 和D 四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的5最佳选项。55Colorados Grays Peak（格雷斯峰）rises 14,278 feet above sea level, high enough that trees 5cant grow toward the top. It was in this difficult environment that Cindy was 41 enough to 5injure her left knee.5It was August 2018, and Cindy, 56, was on her way back down the trai

50、l（小路）with three5friends. As a storm was coming, they were 42to get off the mountain. When they 43a6rocky drop of a couple of feet, Cindy 44that instead of moving down slowly the safe way to go she would 45. She landed on her left leg. Then she felt a sharp 46in her leg.Every 47after that was extreme

51、ly painful. Before long, she had to 48. As one（ls ifriend ran down to get 49, a number of other hikers, all strangers, 50to help Cindy down the narrow trail by walking on either side of her to support her 51, but that proved slowand dangerous. aFinally, one hiker, Matt, asked her,“How do you feel ab

52、out a firemans52?”Beforeyshe knew it, he had 53her over his shoulder.“Now, Im not tiny,”says Cindy, a formercollege basketball star. 54Matt couldnt carry her all the way down by himself. So sixchikers and one of her friends 55carrying her. Three hours and two rockstrewn miles later,ythis human conve

53、yor belt 56the medical workers in the end, who 57Cindy to thenearby hospital.eNow she has mostly 58 from her unlucky hike, but Cindy knows shell never shake onething from that day: the 59of the band of strangers who came to her 60.“Im stillpmoved to tears.”A. uncertainB. strangeC. surprisedD. unfort

54、unateA. seriousB. anxiousC. afraidD. normalyAA. clearedB. visitedC. missedD. approachedA. decidedB. noticedC. complainedD. remindedA. returnB. arriveC. jumpD. waitA. painB. dropC. shockD. reliefA. goalB. stepC. choiceD. stageA. leaveB. continueC. followD. stop?49. A. moneyB. adviceC. helpD. courageA

55、. happenedB. attemptedC. refusedD. hesitatedA. weightB. familyC. opinionD. equipmentA. carryB. imageC. careerD. styleA. touchedB. seizedC. threwD. liftedA. BravelyB. NaturallyC. ClearlyD. GraduallyA. put offB. took turnsC. burst outD. felt likeA. metB. recognizedC. orderedD. escaped57. A. introduced

56、B. allowedC. invitedD. rushed58. A. travelledB. recoveredC. regrettedD. suffered59. A. experienceB. practiceC. memoryD. excitementa60. A. contactB. sensesC. rescueD. termsy第二节（共10 小题；每小题1.5 分，满分15 分）e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。yEveryone is familiar with a todo list, but most people don t reall

57、y understand the 61（important）of having a list of the things they want to accomplish. Creating a todo list is creatingea list of goals. The list tells you what you need to do 62 （achieve）some larger outcome inyour life.A list is a way to break down your life goals into manageable 63 （step）that you c

58、ancomplete in a specific amount of time. In this sense, your list becomes a guide 64 （show）eyou how to succeed in life.The way most people start off creating to do lists isnt65 （particular）effective. It iseeasy to end up with many items 66arent important. Developing a talent in creating yourlists 67

59、 （be）very beneficial. First, you need to see your list as 68sacred（神圣的） place. It is there to help you achieve your life goals. It represents items on which you plan to spend part of your valuable and limited time. This doesnt mean you cant put 69 （small） items on the list like getting groceries. It

60、 does mean that you need to make sure you only use your list 70things that are actually valuable to you.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：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写

61、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。How is it going? Hearing that you have trouble make small talk with strangers in China, Id like to offer you my advices.Firstly, it is normal to feel a bit of nervous when approaching someone new. Everyone gets little shy first; after all, you d

62、ont know how the person is like. The only way was to get over being shy and approach us. Secondly, Chinese people, especially youngsters, are general friendly, kind and enthusiastic. You can talk about almost everything range from sports, film stars, hot movies to music. Thirdly, there are some sensitive topics such like age, weight and income, which should be avoided.第二节 书面表达（满分25 分）假定你是李华，在网上看到了某国际文化交流公司在你所在城市征集寄宿家庭（host family）的广告，你很感兴趣。请你用英语给负责人Mr. Smith 写封申请信，内容包括：自我介绍；家庭住宿条件及周边交通状况；其它优势。英语试题A第11 页（共12 页）注意：词数100 左右；可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。dm d