2020届黑龙江省双鸭山市第一中学高三12月月考英语试题(解析版)

双鸭山市第一中学2017级高三

英语月考试题

第一部分 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A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

A

Dreaming of summer picnics filled with family and fun? We’ve come up with 4 of the top picnic areas across the US.

Cumberland Islands, Georgia

Just a few hours south of Savannah, this national seashore is a wonderful picnic place. It’s an unspoiled place in the Deep South with over 50 miles of hiking trails (小径). Covered in Spanish moss, the trails are lined with trees and since it’s still a rural area, the stars line up for a grand show at night and create the perfect evening starlit picnic opportunity.

Grant Park, Chicago

If you are looking for delicious food in Chicago, go for a taste of a 20-day, lake-front, foodie festival that happens in October each year. Grab a spot near the fountain to enjoy your picnic, appreciate the city scenery and lake views and relax with family and friends. If you are there on July 4th, be sure to plan the day to include the fireworks display at the Navy Pier.

Cranberry Islands, Maine

Here you’ll enjoy natural picnics with island views. The islands are a delightful group of islands about 20 minutes offshore from Acadia National Park. You can visit the islands by private boat or ferry service. Bring a picnic basket along for the ride as it’s a romantic picnic area to take your special someone or go for a family outing to visit the islands.

Big Sur, California

The Point Lobos State Reserve is a small gem. Besides the coastal wildlife there are rare plant communities, and unique geological formations. It’s good to have a picnic there. We recommend bringing a telescope, because much of the wildlife can be seen only at a distance. 1. Why does the writer advise us to go to Cumberland Islands? A. Because they are just next to Savannah. B. Because they have a grand show every night. C. Because they are almost covered in Spanish moss.

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,D. Because they keep their original ecology (生态). 2. Where can you enjoy observing wildlife with a telescope? A. At the Navy Pier. C. At Acadia National Park.

B. At the Point Lobos State Reserve D. In the Deep South.

3. Where can we most probably read this passage? A. In a personal dairy. C. In a geography textbook. 【答案】1. D 2. B 3. D 【解析】

这是一篇说明文。主要介绍了四个最佳野餐地点。 【1题详解】

细节理解题。根据第二段中Covered in Spanish moss, the trails are lined with trees and since it’s still a rural area, the stars line up for a grand show at night and create the perfect evening starlit picnic opportunity.（小路上爬满了西班牙苔藓，两旁种满了树。由于这里仍然是一个乡村地区，所以星星们会在晚上排起队来参加盛大的表演，这是在夜晚星光照耀下野餐的绝佳机会。）可知作者建议我们去坎伯兰群岛，因为那里保持着原生态。故选D。 【2题详解】

细节理解题。根据最后一段中Besides the coastal wildlife there are rare plant communities, and unique geological formations. It’s good to have a picnic there. We recommend bringing a telescope, because much of the wildlife can be seen only at a distance.（除沿海野生动物外，还有珍稀植物群落和独特的地质构造。在那里野餐很好。我们建议带上望远镜，因为很多野生动物只能在远处看到。）可知在the Point Lobos国家保护区可以享受用望远镜观察野生动物的乐趣。故选B。 【3题详解】

推理判断题。根据第一段Dreaming of summer picnics filled with family and fun? We’ve come up with 4 of the top picnic areas across the US.（梦想着充满家庭和乐趣的夏日野餐?我们列出了全美4个最佳野餐地。）以及文章主要介绍了四个最佳野餐地点可知最可能在一本旅游杂志上读到这篇文章。故选D。

B

One of my favorite hobbies is exchanging old-fashioned, paper-with-a-stamp-on-it postcards with random strangers around the world.

The Postcrossing Project was created by Paulo Magalhaes in 2005. He liked getting mails—especially postcards. He thought others did, too—but how could he connect with them?

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B. In a science report. D. In a travel magazine.

That’s when he came up with the idea of an online platform (postcrossing.com): There, postcard lovers like me can sign up to send a postcard to someone who has registered online, and receive a postcard in return.

Along with a randomly selected address, participants get a unique code to put on the postcard. When the postcard arrives, the recipient registers that code with the site, which then causes the sender’s address to be given to another postcrosser in turn. In practice, this means that for nearly every postcard I send (a few get lost in the mail) I get one back. And since I never know who will send me a card or where in the world they live, every trip to the mailbox holds the potential for a wonderful surprise.

Privacy-conscious Americans might worry about sharing their address with strangers overseas. But postcrossers are friendly, polite, respectful folks—in more than 450 cards exchanged, I've yet to have a bad experience.

On days when the international news is depressing, postcrossing is my comfort. There’s nothing like getting a card from a child in China just learning to write in English, or a grandmother in Belarus describing her most recent gardening success to remind me that we truly are members of one global family, far more similar than we are different.

It seems like such a small thing to send out a postcard. But as travel and communication technology continue to shrink the world, it’s important to remember that it isn’t just for diplomats and politicians to represent our country anymore. All of us have the power—and perhaps the responsibility—to be ambassadors, to show the best of your country to the world.

And it's good to know that what you need to accomplish this is not necessarily complicated or expensive. It can be as simple as a postcard. 4. Why did Paulo set up postcrossing.com ? A. To discuss personal hobbies with strangers. B. To exchange postcards with others in the world C. To collect different postcards from other countries.. D. To provide a platform for communication online. 5. According to the passage, postcrossers __________. A. don't know who will send them postcards B. are sure to get a postcard back immediately C. often choose a receiver's address carefully

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D. register every postcard they receive online 6. What did the writer learn from postcrossing? A. The international news is usually depressing. B. Americans are more conscious about privacy.

C. Postcrossers sometimes describe their bad experience. D. The whole world is actually a big family. 7. What does the underlined word \A. Choosing a diplomat to represent a country. B. Having the responsibility to be an ambassador. C. Showing the best of your country.

D. Shrinking the world with communication technology. 【答案】4. B 5. A 6. D 7. C 【解析】

这是一篇说明文。文章介绍了postcrossing.com网站，一个可以让世界各地的陌生人交换老式的、带有邮票的明信片的网站，由Paulo Magalhaes 在2005年创立。文章说明了在这个网站和他人交换明信片的方式，以及作者认为这是一种能够向世界展示自己国家最好的一面的方式，而且它并不复杂也不昂贵。 4题详解】

细节理解题。根据第二段中That’s when he came up with the idea of an online platform (postcrossing.com): There, postcard lovers like me can sign up to send a postcard to someone who has registered online, and receive a postcard in return.（就在那时，他想到了一个在线平台(postcrossing.com):在那里，像我这样的明信片爱好者可以注册，向网上注册的用户发送明信片，并收到明信片作为回报。）可知保罗建立了postcrossing.com是为了和世界上的其他人交换明信片。故选B。 【5题详解】

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细节理解题。根据第三段中And since I never know who will send me a card or where in the world they live, every trip to the mailbox holds the potential for a wonderful surprise.（因为我不知道谁会给我寄贺卡，也不知道他们住在世界的什么地方，所以每次去邮箱都有可能带来惊喜。）可知postcrosser并不知道谁会给他们寄明信片。故选A。

细节理解题。根据倒数第三段中There’s nothing like getting a card from a child in China just learning to write in English, or a grandmother in Belarus describing her most recent gardening success to remind me that we truly are members of one global family, far more similar than we

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