河南省鄭州市2020屆高三第二次質(zhì)量檢測英語試題

1、2020 年高中畢業(yè)年級(jí)第二次質(zhì)量預(yù)測英語試題卷本試卷分四部分，考試時(shí)間120 分鐘，滿分150 分（聽力成績算作參考分）?？忌鷳?yīng)首先閱讀答題卡上的文字信息, 然后在答題卡上作答，在試題卷上作答無效。第一部分聽力（共兩節(jié)，滿分30 分）做題時(shí)，先將答案標(biāo)在試卷上。錄音內(nèi)容結(jié)束后，你將有兩分鐘的時(shí)間將試卷上的答案轉(zhuǎn)涂到答題卡上。第一節(jié)（共5 小題 ;每小題 1.5 分，滿分7.5分）聽下面 5段對(duì)話。每段對(duì)話后有一個(gè)小題,從題中所給的A、 B、 C 三個(gè)選項(xiàng)中選出最佳選項(xiàng)，并標(biāo)在試卷的相應(yīng)位置。聽完每段對(duì)話后,你都有 10秒鐘的 時(shí)間來回答有關(guān)小題和閱讀下一小題。每段對(duì)話僅讀一遍。1. What

2、 might Amy be?A. A car saleswoman.B. A customer.C. A waitress.2. How was the concert?A. Boring.B. Exciting.3. What are they talking about?A. A film.B. An artist.C. Interesting.C. A painting.4. What is the girl's trouble?A. She can't hear clearly.B. She doesn't know the answer.C. She can&

3、#39;t see the blackboard.5. What can be known about Bill?A. He has finished his paper.B. He is going to write a paper.C. He seldom finishes his work on time.第二節(jié)（共15 小題;每小題1.5分，滿分22.5分）聽下面 5 段對(duì)話或獨(dú)白。每段對(duì)話或獨(dú)白后有幾個(gè)小題,從題中所給的A、 B、 C 三個(gè)選項(xiàng)中選出最佳選項(xiàng)，并標(biāo)在試卷的相應(yīng)位置。聽每段對(duì)話或獨(dú)白前，你將有時(shí)間閱讀各個(gè)小題，每小題5秒鐘;聽完后，各小題將給出5秒鐘的作答時(shí)間。每段對(duì)話

4、或獨(dú)白讀兩遍。聽第 6 段材料,回答第6、 7 題。6. What made Jack feel upset?A. Losing a lot of money.B. Making a big mistake.C. Quarreling with his boss.7. What does Jack decide to do?A. Be more careful.B. Make an apology.聽第 7 段材料，回答第8、 9 題。8. Why will the woman put on a show?A. To have fun.B. To earn money.9. What does

5、 the woman think of the man?A. He has many talents. B. He dances well. 聽第 8 段材料，回答第10 至 12 題。10. What did Bill worry about at first?A. Suitcases.B. Long queues.11. . Who offers to carry the suitcases?A. Bill.B. Alice.12. How will they probably go to the bus stop at last?A. By bus.B. On foot.聽第 9 段材料

6、，回答第13 至 16 題。13. Where did Tony go last year?A. The Channel Islands.B. Some European countries.C. The seaside near his house.14. Which country is close to the Channel Islands?A. France.B. Spain15. Why will Tony visit George tomorrow?A. To change his plan.B. To borrow some money.C. To persuade him t

7、o travel together.16. What are the speakers mainly talking about?A. A travel plan.B. Famous places.聽第 10 段材料，回答第17 至 20 題。17. How was John Curtis' gum （ 口香糖）at first?A. Soft.B. Hard.18. What did William Wrigley think of chewing gum?A. It made people less tired.B. It helped people work better.C.

8、It was popular among children.19. What will the speaker talk about next?A. Why gum is popular.B. How people feel about gum .C. How to deal with chewed gum.C. Leave the company.C. To perform on stage.C. He can sing well.C. Heavy traffic.C. The taxi driver.C. By taxi.C. England.C. Their travel experie

9、nces.C. Sweet.20. What is the passage mainly about?A. The history of gum.B. The attitude to gum.C. The reason for chewing gum. 第二部分閱讀理解（共兩節(jié)，滿分40 分）第一節(jié)（共15小題；每小題2分，？茜分30分）閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的A、B、C和D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)，并 在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。ATime magazine listed its top inventions of 2019, some of which will surely become a

10、 big part of our everyday lives over the next decade . Here are some we're most looking forward to.D. Virtual （虛擬的）surgeryAccording to Harvard Business Review, our current system of training surgeons can't keep up with the speed of technological development. “ Even after 4 years of college,

11、4 years of medical school and 5 years of advanced training after working, 30% of graduates still can't operate on their own, said Justin Barad”, who is theCEO and co founder of Osso VR.This VR software is made to give doctors virtual operating-room experience so they can practice and prepare for

12、 surgeries. Apparently, it works. Gideon Blumstein of California University conducted a study on using Osso VR. His team found that participants' overall surgical performance improved by an astonishing 230% over traditional training methods.E. Vending veggies （出售素食）"Eat happier. ” That'

13、s the Farmers Fridge advertising message.gItoiosdaone, as this company wants to bring fresh, healthy food to people on the go.It's trying to change more than just food, though. It also wants to change the delivery method. Farmers Fridge has created its very own automatic machines. They can be pl

14、aced in high-traffic areas. These super-smart vending machines can know their contents at any moment, and can allow customers to reserve and pay in advance. They can even learn about what customers want. Shayna Harris is the company's Chief Growth Officer. “W e have developed salads, sandwiches

15、and breakfast items that taste as fresh as if you were to make them in your home kitchen,she said” in an interview with Insider Trends.F. Recycling pollutionWhen we write with black ink, we're writing with soot a powder made by burning coal or oil. Cars are machines that produce soot. To collect

16、 the soot, Anirudh Sharma, creator of AIR-INK, made a device called Kaalink, which attaches to a vehicle s exhaust pipe（ 排氣管）.Once collected, it's made into ink colorand mixed with vegetable oil to create inks, markers and paints with the brand AIR-INK.“I don't know if it's pollution, bu

17、t the quality of the ink is really special, said artist Kristopher Ho. ”“ It'sblack, really thick and dries extremely quickly.”The Guardian describes AIR- INK as "remarkably green ” E.ach 30-milliliter pen contains between40 50 minutes of air pollution, while each 6-liter spray can hold 2,0

18、00 minutes of diesel exhaust （柴油廢 氣） . In the past year, Sharma said, his team has cleaned nearly 1.7 trillion （萬億）liters of air in India andHong Kong.21. What can be known about Osso VR?A. It is an assistant to help surgeons do operations.B. It can perform operations on patients automatically.C. It

19、 offers doctors a virtual environment to practice surgeries.D. It is a piece of software to help medical students do research.22. What makes Farmers Fridge different and special?A. Why its advertisement works.B. What its vending machines sell.C. How its vending machines operate.D. Where its vending

20、machines serve.23. What attitude does Kristopher Ho hold toward AIR-INK?A. Doubtful. B. Casual. C. Disapproving. D. Positive.24. What is the authors main purpose in writing the passage?A. To encourage scientists to make technological inventions.B. To tell readers some of the latest inventions in tec

21、hnology.C. To call on people to keep up with technological development.D. To raise everyone's awareness of the environmental protection.BWhen I heard that Vitaminwater is giving away $100,000 in a contest where the winner has to give up their cellphone for a year in favor of a 1996-era app-free

22、version, my immediate thought was: I could never do that. Even a day would be very difficult for me. I admit that I'm addicted to my iPhone.I sleep with it under my pillow. It's the first thing I reach for in the morning. I've never counted how many times I pick it up during the day, but

23、 it's at least several per hour, and often I can't go 5 minutes without looking at it.What am I doing on my phone? Everything, it feels like ： making to-do lists, searching for random information, checking e-mails and so on. I've also become attached to social media because somehow it

24、9;s become vital that I know exactly what my childhood best friend s cousin is doing.I know the importance of communication in theory. But in practice, I've been scolded more times than I can count by my boyfriend, "You love your phone more than me.” I feel anxious when my phone isn't e

25、asilwithin reach, like life is happening without me. My already high general level of anxiety increases if I don't feel as informed as I can possibly be. I'm tricked by my phone simplicity. I'll just loos k at it while I'm in the bathroom or waiting in line at a store. Those few minu

26、tes that seem harmless enough likely represent the whole days worth of time when I could have been reading books or simply letting my mind relax.The possibility of going even a day without my smartphone fills me with fear. And yet it upsets me that I've become completely dependent on this techno

27、logical advancement.So, on second thoughts, I'm going to enter the contest. And even if I don't win, I promise to limit my phone usage to 15 minutes a day in May, for a start. So this May, I'm going conservative. I hope I remember how.25. How did the author react when hearing about the c

28、ontest?A. She declared it would be meaningless.B. She decided to participate in it eagerly.C. She thought it would be a challenge for her.D. She was quite confident of winning a great prize.26. What is the result of the author's frequent use of her cellphone?A. It gets her dependent on her cellp

29、hone.B. It makes her do shopping online easily.C. It helps her keep in touch with her friends.D. It gives her an easy way to get information.27. What can be the best tide for the passage?A. Getting Addicted To CellphoneB. Entering Cellphone-free ContestC. Bringing Cellphone Under ControlD. Laying Do

30、wn Cellphone For ContestCEvery morning I walk outside and bring in the morning newspaper. There was a time when every house on both sides of the street had a newspaper in the driveway. There was also a time when every house had a landline telephone, but not anymore. Not for a long time.My husband is

31、 less willing to accept the downward trend of print-edition newspapers, as he has worked in newspapers since the age of 16. Even before that, he was what you would call an “ independenpublisher Recently, we were at a Chicago park with our grandchildren. My husband had a newspaper folded under his ar

32、m. He sat down and put the paper on the bench beside him. A young girl walked over, looked at the newspaper, picked it up and asked, " What's this?"I thought he was going to fall over. The color faded from his face. His eyes rolled back in his head and his legs were giving out. I rolle

33、d up his paper and waved it under his nose. The smells from the ink woke him up.Some people simply love paper - the feel, the portability, and the pleasure of piling them higher and higher until their wife cries, “ Enough" My husband was happy when he spent time with our youngest daughter and h

34、er husband. When they lived with us, they raced to pull the crossword puzzle from the paper every day. It's hard to do a crossword online. Pencil doesn't come off a computer screen as easily as you might think.Now my husband will be very excited that I have found further proof that there may

35、 still be hope for the survival of print. I was chatting with a young mother who subscribes to the daily newspaper. I asked why she did something so conservatively. She looked shocked. "Because it's print!" she said. "I love print! Whenthe paper didn't come one day, would you

36、believe I called the main number to let them know and the lady said, 'Why don't you just subscribe to th e online version? '" She shook her head in disbelief.My husband will be so thrilled that he might write this young woman into his will. I say we leave her all our piles of old ne

37、wspapers.28. How did the author's husband feel when a girl asked a question in the park?A. Shocked. B. Thrilled. C. Disappointed. D. Confused. 29. What does the author probably mean by saying “ his legs were giving out ”A. He was feeling tired and needed a rest.B. He was very old and unable to s

38、tand long.C. He almost lost his balance and became unconscious.D. He was annoyed with the girl and played a trick on her.30. What does the author intend to tell us with the example of the young mother?A. Many young people follow an old-fashioned lifestyle.B. It's inconvenient for the old to read

39、 online newspapers.C. There're still young people who love printed newspapers.D. Printed newspapers will be replaced by online newspapers.31. What does the author mainly talk about in the passage?A. The new rise of digital newspapers on the line.B. A man's everlasting love for printed newspa

40、pers.C. The pleasure of looking through daily newspapers.D. A family's memory of reading printed newspapers.D"When I was 16 years old, I was diving in Greece, but I was disappointed because I saw more plastic bags than fish. These are the words of Boyan Slat, an engineer who designed the wo

41、rld's first ocean plastic cleanup system.Every year, more than 8 million tons of plastics end up in our oceans, according to the UN Environment Programme. It is predicted that the weight of ocean plastics will match the weight of all the fish in our oceans by 2050. To prevent this from happening

42、, in 2013 Slat created the Ocean Cleanup, an environmental nongovernmental organization, and put his plan for an ocean cleanup device into action.After years of research and development in the Netherlands, a device called System 001/B successfully started gathering plastics on October 2, 2019. The d

43、evice uses a 600-meter-long C-shaped tube to gather all the floating rubbish. Unlike other cleanup methods, the system floats freely according to the direction of the waves, which allows waste to flow into and stay within the device. A sea anchor is attached to either end. This slows down the system

44、 as it floats through the water and allows the faster-moving rubbish, carried by the waves, to flow into its mouth. System 001/B can also collect waste below the surface using a 3-meter-deep skirt （擋板） attached to the end. After being gathered, the trash will be dragged back to shore by boat and rec

45、ycled.Right now, the system operates in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, an area that is 3 times the size of France. Once operational, the Ocean Cleanup expects a full fleet to be able to clear 50% of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch in 5 years."It remains to be seen whether this dream will beco

46、me a reality, but it is undeniable that humanity must work together to reduce our plastic use and repair the damage our waste has caused," Slat said. "We are starting to see a young generation that gets it and is excited about a sustainable （可持續(xù)的） future, but the question still comes down

47、to: Are we going fast enough, and how much damage will have been done before we get there?"32. The underlined word“ match " in Paragraph 2 probably means” ”.A. compareB. equalC. measureD. cover33. Why did Boyan Slat create the Ocean Cleanup?A. To collect ocean plastic waste.B. To help to i

48、nvent System 001/B.C. To protect the living environment of fish.D. To do research on the ocean environment. 34. What can we know about System 001/B?A. It can collect and recycle garbage at the same time.B. It can only gather ocean waste which floats on the water.C. It aims to clear up the Great Paci

49、fic Garbage Patch in five years.D. It is an ocean-cleaning device which has already been put to use.35. What does Slat want to tell us according to the last paragraph?A. Young generations care less about the environment.B. The future ecology of the oceans is deeply worrying.C. People should work har

50、d to decrease plastic pollution.D. It's quite difficult to repair the damage to the environment. 第二節(jié)（共5小題；每小題2分，滿分10分）根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，從短文后的選項(xiàng)中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答 題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。選項(xiàng)中有兩項(xiàng)為多余選項(xiàng)。As fear exists in China and the world over the spreading COVID-19（新冠肺 炎）,business ownersworldwide are all feeling the pain.

51、Uncertainty and lack of confidence have always been among the big enemies of economies. And now the universal economy is still under great pressure. 36_As countries issue warnings and travel bans, the tourism and services are most affected. In 2018, around 140 million Chinese made outbound trips acc

52、ording to the China Tourism Academy. 37 It is thus not surprising that local hotels, restaurants and travel agencies in cities like New York and London are also suffering losses from the virus fallout.According to a New York Times report, Chinatown in Manhattan has seen business drop of 50 to 70 per

53、cent. A hotel owner who relies on Chinese customers said that the loss could be well over 100,000 dollars and climbing. Federal Reserve Chairman, Jerome Powell, is also warning the outbreak could pose a "new risk " to the US economy.The economic cost of the COVID-19 outbreak is growing and

54、 hard to estimate （估計(jì)）.38 During the 2003 SARS, which lasted around 7 months, it is estimated that economic losses worldwide affected by the outbreak were over 30 billion dollars. The ripple effect （連鎖反應(yīng)） spread across the Atlantic to Toronto, the most severely affected area in Canada. It is estimat

55、ed that the city will lose about 950 million dollars due to the restrictions on travel.39 It started in Mexico and America in 2009. While the Americas were most affected by the virus, research has also found that the economic cost of the virus in Korea was as high as 1 billion dollars.In this interc

56、onnected world, any pandemic （流行?。﹊s worldwide. Various economists have pointed out that most economic costs are not related to the virus directly, but the panic over it. Lack of confidence can also worsen the fragile world economy. 4Q_A. But one can always learn from history.B. It's time to ban

57、 the wildlife trade for good.C. The last thing the world needs is a virus outbreak.D. China is a much bigger economy than it was in 2003.E. The same thing also happened during the flu A （ H1N1） outbreak.F. In recent years they have created about a quarter of tourism jobs worldwide.G. So, it's ve

58、ry important for countries to work together to control its outbreak.第三部分語言知識(shí)運(yùn)用（共兩節(jié)，滿分 45分）第一節(jié)完形填空（共20小題；每小題1.5分，滿分30分）閱讀下面短文，從短文后各題所給的A、B、C和D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中，選出可以填 入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。At 36, I have three kids and a great husband, and I'm enjoying a challenging but fun career. Although this is 41, sometimes I feel my heart asking if this is who I truly am.The chaos of the family kitchen 42 my brain: the noise of the kettle, pots and the dishes, and the conversation demands while I'm making b