2019-2020年高三4月教學診斷考試英語試卷

1、2019-2020年高三4月教學診斷考試英語試卷第二部分：閱讀理解（共兩節(jié)，滿分40分）第一節(jié)（共15題：每小題2分，滿分30分）AFew of us havent read Cinderella, the story of a young woman living in poverty who meets the prince of her dreams. Some might not want to admit it, but there is a hidden Cinderella in everyones heartwe all wish we could achieve recogn

2、ition or success after a period of obscurity（默默無聞）. Mary Santiago has that secret dream, too. Her story is featured in Another Cinderella Story, a film set in a US high school. Mary is shy but loves to dance. Compared with other girls, she is invisible. However, her world changes completely when a f

3、amous teenager pop singer, Joey Parker, appears. Joey is everything the rest of the boys in her class are notkind, handsome and desirable. Mary and Joeys paths cross at a ball. They meet and fall in love with each other. But when Mary has to rush back home, she leaves behind her MP3 player, which be

4、comes the only clue Joey has to find the girl of his dreams. Of course, there is a wicked stepmother, who turns out to be Dominique Blatt and she takes in Mary after her dancer mother dies. Dominique treats Mary like a maid and does everything she can to make sure Mary doesnt get into the top dance

5、school. Her two daughters are equally determined to stop Joey falling for Mary, even if that means embarrassing her. The story, though it mostly follows Cinderella, does add a few modern day twists to the classic fairy tale. Refreshingly, the film, unlike many high school films, does not focus on lo

6、oks, although the actors are all beautiful. There is also a lot less materialism in Another Cinderella Story than in many similar movies. “The movie takes the Cinderella fairy tale as its jumping off point,” writes movie critic Amber Wilkinson. “Yet the focus is firmly on following your dream.”【文章解讀

7、】這篇短文是一篇影評。講述的是一部以灰姑娘的童話故事為藍本的一部新的電影Another Cinderella Story。21. The first paragraph is mainly to _.A. inform us of the importance to marry a princeB. remind us why Cinderella is popular all the yearsC. build interest and lead us to Marys secret dream D. tell us how interesting the fairy tale Cinder

8、ella is【答案】C【命題立意】考查推理判斷題?！窘馕觥繌牡谝欢魏偷诙慰梢哉业街苯勇?lián)系，即第一段用于引出本文的話題，第一段好比一個引子，主要用以引起讀者的興趣，并進而引出Mary內心深處的夢想.故選C。22. What can we infer from the passage?A. Joey is just like other boys in Marys class.B. The MP3 player helps Joey in finding Mary.C. Not many people have a dream to be realized.D. Marys mother in

9、fluences her a lot in singing.【答案】B【命題立意】考查 推理判斷題。【解析】根據(jù)第四段第四句But when Mary has to rush back home, she leaves behind her MP3 player, which becomes the only clue Joey has to find the girl of his dreams.可推斷答案為B。23. What does movie critic Amber Wilkinson mean by his words about Another Cinderella Story

10、?A. The movie is exactly another copy of the Cinderella fairytale.B. The movie is as good as the story Cinderella.C. The movie and Cinderella both focus on following your dream.D. The movie is based on the story Cinderella while a little different from it. 【答案】D【命題立意】考查 細節(jié)理解題。【解析】根據(jù)movie critic Ambe

11、r Wilkinson所說的話：The movie takes the Cinderella fairytale as its jumping off point. Yet the focus is firmly on following your dream. 可知這部電影源于灰姑娘的故事，但卻以追逐夢想為主題。故選D。24.The passage is mainly about _.A. an introduction to Mary Santiago B. a review about a filmC. an essay about dreams D. an advertisement

12、of Cinderella【答案】B【命題立意】考查細節(jié)辨認題?！窘馕觥緼. an introduction to Mary Santiago 介紹瑪麗圣地亞哥；B. a review about a film對電影審查；C. an essay about dreams 一篇關于夢想 ；D. an advertisement of Cinderella一則灰姑娘的廣告。根據(jù)全文和題干可知這是一篇影評。 Both work. But both are expensive. Gang Chen of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Zhi

13、feng Ren of Boston College therefore propose an alternative. They suggest that a phenomenon called the thermoelectric（熱電）effect might be used insteadand they have built a prototype（原型）to show that the idea is practical. Thermoelectric devices are not new. They are used, for example, to capture waste

14、 heat from car engines. They work because certain materials generate an electrical potential difference within themselves if one part is hotter than another. That can be used to drive a current through an external circuit. The reason thermoelectric materials have not, in the past, been applied succe

15、ssfully to the question of solar power is that to get a worthwhile current you have to have a significant temperature difference. (200 is considered a good starting point.) In a car engine, that is easy. For sunlight, however, it means concentrating the heat in some way. And if you are going to the

16、trouble of building mirrors to do that, you might as well go down the steam-generation route, which is a much more efficient way of producing electricity. If the heat concentration could be done without all the equipment of mirrors, though, thermoelectricitys inefficiency would be balanced by the ch

17、eapness of the equipment. In their view, three things are needed to create a workable solar-thermoelectric device. The first is to make sure that most of the sunlight which falls on it is absorbed, rather than being reflected. The second is to choose a thermoelectric material which conducts heat bad

18、ly but electricity well. The third is to be certain that the temperature gradient（梯度）which that badly conducting material creates is not wasted by poor design.【文章解讀】傳統(tǒng)的太陽能發(fā)電設備都很貴，這篇文章介紹的是太陽光發(fā)電的一個新的方法，既可以有效的發(fā)電，也可以節(jié)約設備的開支。25. The following methods can be adopted to make electricity from sunlight EXCEP

19、T .A. putting a panel of solar cells into useB. concentrating suns rays with mirrorsC. creating a solar-thermoelectric deviceD. building a practical solar prototype【答案】D【命題立意】考查細節(jié)辨認題。【解析】A. putting a panel of solar cells into use太陽能電池板開始被使用；B. concentrating suns rays with mirrors用鏡子集中太陽光線；C. creatin

20、g a solar-thermoelectric device創(chuàng)建一個太陽能熱電設備；D. building a practical solar prototype建立一個實用的太陽能原型。從第一段的句子：You can use a panel of solar cells to create the current directly, by liberating electrons from a semiconducting material such as silicon. Or you can concentrate the suns rays using mirrors, 可知用太陽能

21、發(fā)電，可以用太陽能光板，用鏡子，也可以用太陽能熱點技術，沒有提到D項。26. Why was the application of thermoelectric materials a failure in the past A. Because its hard for them to build enough mirrors to make it work.B. Because 200 was hard to reach at that time even in a car engine.C. Because of the failure of having a significant t

22、emperature difference.D. Because it was hard to focus the suns rays with equipment of mirrors.【答案】C【命題立意】考查細節(jié)辨認題?！窘馕觥緼. Because its hard for them to build enough mirrors to make it work.因為對他們來說建立足夠的鏡子讓它工作很難。B. Because 200 was hard to reach at that time even in a car engine.在那個時候即使汽車引警，要達到200度也很難。C.

23、Because of the failure of having a significant temperature difference.因為有明顯的溫差失敗。D. Because it was hard to focus the suns rays with equipment of mirrors.因為鏡子設備集中太陽光很難。根據(jù)文章第4段1，2行The reason thermoelectric materials have not, in the past, been applied successfully to the question of solar power is tha

24、t to get a worthwhile current you have to have a significant temperature difference.可知過去這種方法沒有被采用的原因就是人們沒有辦法做到很大的溫差。故C正確。27. Which of the following is the best title for this passage?Thermoelectric Device the Best Method of All B. A.New Method of Making Electricity from Sunlight C. How to Create a W

25、orkable Thermoelectric Device D. Solar Power a New Energy Trend in the Future【答案】B【命題立意】考查主旨大意題?！窘馕觥緼.Thermoelectric Device the Best Method of All 熱電裝置最好的方法; B. A.New Method of Making Electricity from Sunlight 從太陽光發(fā)電的新方法;C. How to Create a Workable Thermoelectric Device如何創(chuàng)建一個可行的熱電裝置; D. Solar Power

26、a New Energy Trend in the Future太陽能- - -在未來一個新能源的趨勢。根據(jù)文章1,2段可知本文提出的是一種新型的使用太陽能進行發(fā)電的技術：熱電。介紹了熱電的原理和目前這一技術的運用所遇見的具體的困難。故B正確。 C When a shop is authentic and the workers are friendly, it can feel like a second home for consumers, according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research. People often

27、 feel strongly attached to particular places. Such places typically include their homes, but can also include commercial places such as stores and restaurants, write authors Alain Debenedetti (Universit Paris Est - IRG), Harmen Oppewal (Monash University), and Zeynep Arsel (Concordia University). Ho

28、w do people develop and experience place attachment when the place concerns a commercial setting, where they are just customers, and the place is owned or controlled by someone else? Consumers form strong emotional bonds with locations when they experience familiarity. Consumers also value authentic

29、ity and personal relationships. It also helps if it is a place where one can feel safe and secure, protected from not only disturbing staff but also from aggressive promotional activities, the authors write. The place does not have to be a splendid flagship store. People can build attachments with q

30、uite ordinary places, as long as the place meets the above criteria(標準) of familiarity, authenticity and security. The authors gained these insights from interviews with a sample of French consumers who talked about their experiences with the places they most treasure: cafs, restaurants, department

31、stores, concert halls, and libraries. The final phase of the study focused on patrons of a particular French wine bar. The authors also found that once consumers bond with a commercial space, they are willing to make efforts or sacrifices to support it. Satisfied customers may pay higher tips, volun

32、teer to help the business, and serve as ambassadors, linking other consumers to the business. Consumers treat their special place as a treasured gift and in return want to support the establishment beyond what is expected of them as customers, the authors conclude.【文章解讀】本文主要通過研究表明如何讓消費者對商場產(chǎn)生親密感和忠誠度.

33、28.Which of the following does not contribute to consumers attachment? A. splendor B. familiarity C. authenticity D. Safety【答案】A【命題立意】考查主旨大意題?！窘馕觥?A. splendor 顯赫，光彩壯麗；B.familiarity 熟悉，精通，親密；C. authenticity 可靠性，確實性，真實性;D.safety安全,安全性,保險。根據(jù)短文第一自然段 When a shop is authentic and the workers are friendly,

34、 it can feel like a second home for consumers.和第二自然段.as long as the place meets the above criteria(標準) of familiarity, authenticity and security.的描述，可知只有A沒有提到。故選A。29. The last paragraph mainly deals with_.extra reward from attached consumers B. the importance of treating consumers wellC. how to deve

35、lop bonds with consumersD. the relationship between consumers and commercial places【答案】A【命題立意】考查主旨大意題?！窘馕觥緼.extra reward from attached consumers 從連接的消費者額外獎勵；B.the importance of treating consumers well對消費者好的重要性；C. how to develop bonds with consumers如何開發(fā)與消費者的聯(lián)系；D. the relationship between consumers an

36、d commercial places消費者和商業(yè)的地方的聯(lián)系。從最后一段的句子：Satisfied customers may pay higher tips，volunteer to help the business，and serve as ambassadors，linking other consumers to the business.可知文章最后一段講的是attached consumers對商業(yè)場所的回報和幫助。30. Who will benefit most from the result of the study? A. consumers B. store mana

37、gers C. the store staff D. Ambassadors【答案】B【命題立意】考查細節(jié)理解題。【解析】 A. consumers 顧客；B. store managers 商店經(jīng)理；C. the store staff商店工作人員；D. Ambassadors大使。根據(jù)最后以自然段的描述可知研究表明最受益的應該是商店經(jīng)理，故選B。31.Whats the best title of the passage?A. Ways to Attract More Consumers B. The Secret of Successful ManagementC. Consumers

38、Attachment D. The Criteria of Successful Companies【答案】C【命題立意】考查主旨大意題。【解析】A. Ways to Attract More Consumers吸引更多的顧客的方法；B.The Secret of Successful Management成功管理的秘訣；C. Consumers Attachment消費者的愛慕、依戀；D. The Criteria of Successful Companies成功企業(yè)的標準。通讀全文，并根據(jù)文章的最后一段判斷選C。D Born in 1910, my mother was the firs

39、t director I ever met. Wearing an apron and teaching tap in the basement of our apartment building, she was a housewife and dance teacher. Even from a young age she was an entertainer who thought performing was not just a hobby or even a profession but a way of living that was as essential as breath

40、ing or eating. Mom was always “on” from her energetic teaching of her dance students to her late-night work when she would type out songs, dance routines, and funny plays for her dance recital. I would be in my bed and still hear her typewriter as I went to sleep at night. Her typing sounded like ra

41、in. Always working, she would go to Broadway shows, steal the routines, and come back and type them out for her students to perform. I knew right from the beginning that if I could make my mom laugh, then I could make her love me. When I grew up and moved to Hollywood as an adult, I would later crea

42、te 14 prime-time TV shows and direct 17 movies. During my five decades in show business, I never forgot my mothers advice to find the humor in anything. I wanted to entertain the world and not put people to sleep. If my mom had been born at a different time in history she might have become a stage a

43、ctress or a performer herself. Instead, she trained my two sisters and I to work in the field of entertainment. She remains to this day my inspiration and creative compass. I will never stop carrying on my mothers message, and I will never stop missing her. In fact, as a tribute to my mother I built

44、 The Marjorie Ward Marshall Dance Center at Northwestern University. Whenever I visit the building it helps remind me that to entertain people and make them laugh is what my own career has been all about.【文章解讀】“讓人們快樂”是媽媽從事藝術工作的根本目標，也是媽媽給“我”的建議。32. The authors mother worked as a _.A. movie director B

45、. stage actressC. dance instructor D. Businesswoman【答案】C【命題立意】考查細節(jié)理解題。【解析】根據(jù)第一自然段.she was a housewife and dance teacher.和 第二自然段Mom was always “on” from her energetic teaching of her dance students to her late-night work when she would type out songs, dance routines, and funny plays for her dance rec

46、ital.描述可知Mom是一位舞蹈老師。A. movie director電影導演；B.stage actress舞臺女演員；C.dance instructor 舞蹈師； D. Businesswoman女商人。根據(jù)語意和語境故選C。33. Why did the authors mother work deep into night even at home？ A. She wanted to set a good example to her children. B. She wished to entertain herself after a days work. C. She ex

47、pected to train her students to be top dancers. D. She thought it was a way of living and tried her best.【答案】D【命題立意】考查細節(jié)理解題?！窘馕觥緼. She wanted to set a good example to her children.她想給孩子們樹立好榜樣；B. She wished to entertain herself after a days work.她想在一天的工作之后使自己娛樂一下。C. She expected to train her students

48、 to be top dancers.她期待著把她的學生訓練成最好的舞蹈演員。D. She thought it was a way of living and tried her best.她以為那是最好的謀生的方法并且盡了最大的努力。根據(jù)短文第二自然段的描述可知答案選D。34. What did the author learn from Mother? A. To entertain people and make them laugh. B. To teach people to dance elegantly. C. To steal the routines from Broadw

49、ay shows. D. To create TV shows and direct movies.【答案】A【命題立意】考查細節(jié)理解題。【解析】A. To entertain people and make them laugh. 為了娛樂人們并讓他們大笑；B. To teach people to dance elegantly.為了教人們優(yōu)雅的跳舞；C. To steal the routines from Broadway shows.為了偷到百老匯演出的一套動作；D. To create TV shows and direct movies.為了制作電視節(jié)目和指導電影。根據(jù)短文最后自

50、然段Whenever I visit the building it helps remind me that to entertain people and make them laugh is what my own career has been all about.的描述，故選A。35. Which word may have nearly the same meaning as the underlined word “tribute”? A. Charity. B. Achievement. C. Welfare D.Present【答案】D【命題立意】考查此意猜測題?！窘馕觥?A

51、. Charity捐助；B. Achievement成就；C. Welfare福利；D.Present禮物。句意：事實上，作為一個禮物送給媽媽。根據(jù)前句和后句的意義可以猜測該詞的意思是“禮物”。故選D。 There is an English saying:“36_.” Until recently, few people took the saying seriously. Now, however, doctors have begun to look into laughter and the effects it has on the human body.37_. Tests wer

52、e carried out to study the effects of laughter on the body. People watched funny films while doctors checked their hearts, blood pressure, breathing and muscles. It as found that laughter has similar effects to physical exercise. 38._. If laughter exercises the body, it must be beneficial（有益的）. Othe

53、r tests have shown that laughter appears to be able to reduce the effect of pain on the body. In one experiment doctors produced pain in groups of students who listened to different radio programs.The group that tolerated(忍耐) the pain for the longest time was the group which listened to a funny prog

54、ram .39_. 40._. They have found that even if their patients do not really feel like laughing, making them smile is enough to produce beneficial effects similar to those caused by laughter.Laughter can prolong（延長）ones life.B. As a result of these discoveries, some doctors in the United States now hol

55、d laughter clinics in which they help to improve their patients condition by encouraging them to laugh. C. The reason why laughter can reduce pain seems to be that it helps to produce a kind of chemicals in the brain which diminish (減少) both stress and pain.D. It increases blood pressure, the heart

56、beating and breathing; it also works several groups of muscles in the face, the stomach and even the feet.E. Although laughter helps cure the disease, doctors still can not put this theory into clinic practice.F. Laughter is the best medicine.G. They have found that laughter really can improve peopl

57、es health.【文章解讀】這篇短文由一則諺語，引導出笑可以改善人們的健康并且進行詳述笑的好處。36.【答案】F【命題立意】考查辨別信息題。【解析】空格前：有一則英語諺語。可知后面是一個諺語，故選F笑一笑十年少。故選F。37.【答案】G【命題立意】考查辨別信息題?！窘馕觥靠崭袂埃篸octors have begun to look into laughter and the effects it has on the human body.可知笑可以改善人們的健康。選G。【答案】D【命題立意】考查辨別信息題。【解析】空格前：It was found that laughter has si

58、milar effects to physical exercise.可知笑可知增加血壓，心跳和呼吸加快。選D39.【答案】C【命題立意】考查辨別信息題?！窘馕觥靠崭袂埃篢he group that tolerated(忍耐) the pain for the longest time was the group which listened to a funny program.可知笑可以減少疼痛的原因是會產(chǎn)生化學物質。選C40.【答案】B【命題立意】考查辨別信息題。【解析】空格后：They have found that even if their patients do not real

59、ly feel like laughing 可知醫(yī)生開笑聲診所幫助改善他們的狀況。選B。完形填空（共20小題，每小題1.5分，滿分30分）閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后從各題所給的選項A、B、C和D中，選出最佳選項。 Years ago, when I started looking for my first job, wise advisers advised, “Barbara, be enthusiastic（熱情的）! Enthusiasm will take you _41_than any amount of experience.” How right they were! En

60、thusiastic people can turn a _42 drive into an adventure, extra work into opportunity and strangers into friends.“Nothing great was ever 43 without enthusiasm,” wrote Ralph Waldo Emerson. It is the inner voice that _44_, “I can do it!” when others shout, “No, you cant!” It took years and years for t