江苏省常州市2020届高三上学期期末考试英语试卷

英语试题

本试卷分第Ⅰ卷(选择题)和第Ⅱ卷(非选择题)两部分。满分120分，考试时间120分钟。

第Ⅰ卷(选择题 共85分)

第一部分：听力(共两节，满分20分)

第一节(共5小题；每小题1分，满分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，并标在试卷的相应位置。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 are the speakers going to do?

A. Buy a new car. B. Drive in the city. C. Wash the white paint. ( )2. Why isn't the man going to the sale?

A. He must go to work. B. The weather is not cold. C. It ends today. ( )3. What are the speakers doing?

A. Picking fruit. B. Eating candy. C. Shopping.

( )4. What is the relationship between the speakers? A. Cousins. B. Best friends. C. Brother and sister. ( )5. When did the man start losing his hair?

A. About three years ago. B. About seven years ago. C. About ten years ago. 第二节(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15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，并标在试卷的相应位置。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。

听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。

( )6. What is the woman's job probably? A. A coach. B. A nurse. C. A doctor.

( )7. Why can't the woman give the man medicine at the moment?

A. The test data is not there. B. The X-ray machine is broken. C. The physical care provider is coming. 听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。

( )8. What is the woman trying to become? A. A teacher. B. An actress. C. A film maker. ( )9. Why does the woman refuse to get lessons?

A. She already has talent. B. She has an interview. C. She is overconfident. 听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

( )10. What do we know about the girl's father? A. He lives in Belize. B. He has his own airplane. C. He works in a company near the beach.

( )11. Why does the man bring the girl to the woods probably?

A. He wants her to enjoy nature. B. He likes to live in a cheap place. C. He wishes her to spend some time with his friends. ( )12. What are the speakers going to do tonight?

A. See some stars. B. Drink Starbucks hot chocolate. C. Take some pictures of snakes.

听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

( )13. What are the speakers mainly talking about?

A. An organization. B. A kind of disease. C. A time-traveling doctor. ( )14. What is the function of WHO according to the woman? A. Curing the sick people. B. Making the hospitals work. C. Setting rules to handle with diseases. ( )15. What is special about the disease?

A. It can't be prevented. B. It affects old people and kids easily. C. It just gives body aches and a fever.

( )16. What will the man do instead of going to the mall?

A. Go to the hospital. B. Make presents himself. C. Stay safe inside with his pet.

听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。 ( )17. What might the speaker be?

A. A resident. B. A news reporter. C. A fire fighter. ( )18. Where did the fire start?

A. From a bakery. B. From a park. C. From an apartment building. ( )19. When did the fire happen?

A. Early last night. B. Late last night. C. An hour ago. ( )20. How does the speaker sound? A. Surprised. B. Excited. C. Sad.

第二部分：英语基础知识运用(共两节，满分35分)

第一节：单项填空(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)

请认真阅读下面各题，从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。 ( )21. Good morning, and in case I ________ you, good afternoon, good evening, and good night!

A. won't see B. wouldn't see C. don't see D. didn't see

( )22. The responsibility of an artist is to create artworks to ________ people's needs for aesthesis and enjoyment.

A. result in B. serve for C. work at D. cater to

( )23. He ________ his stay in France, didn't he? He looks amazingly different.

A. will have enjoyed B. can have enjoyed C. should have enjoyed D. must have enjoyed ( )24. —What's new?

—The upcoming 40-day Spring Festival travel ________， also known as chunyun, will ________ on Jan 10 and end on Feb 18.

A. dash; kick out B. rush; kick off C. flow; kick in D. jam; kick up ( )25. ________ Macao has achieved shows ________ “one country, two systems” principle is the best solution to the Macao and Hongkong question, left by history.

A. That; what B. What; that C. What; what D. That; that

( )26. Applicants are not required to take IELTS or TOEFL test but it will be appreciated if someone has taken ________．

A. none B. either C. neither D. all

( )27. —What happened to her?

—She was ________ to hospital with a soaring temperature. A. adapted B. adjusted C. admitted D. adopted

( )28. —Hi, it's time we worked out a plan for the research project. —Sorry, I'm not available right now. I ________ for the upcoming final exam. A. am preparing B. prepared C. have prepared D. will be preparing

( )29. —Mary, what do you think of the soup I cooked especially for you? —________， but it tastes too oily.

A. My fault B. Forget it C. Excuse me D. No offence

( )30. —What are you going to do with the flaw in the vase?

—I can either send a new one to you by express mail or ________ compensate you at a reasonable price.

A. artificially B. accordingly C. alternatively D. consistently

( )31. The teacher together with his assistants ________ ten cell samples during the past two months in the school lab.

A. analyze B. analyzes C. has analyzed D. have analyzed

( )32. With computers replacing humans in many industries, there have been many reports in recent years ________ warn of future job losses.

A. when B. where C. which D. as ( )33. China's year-on-year growth in consumer price index ________ an almost eight-year high at 4.5 percent in November ________ higher prices of pork and other meat, said the National Bureau of Statistics on Tuesday.

A. hit; but for B. beat; due to C. beat; but for D. hit; due to

( )34. I watched Mike's adolescence, ________ he ran into trouble, ________ things at the wrong time and misunderstood by many people.

A. when; saying B. which; said C. when; said D. which; saying

( )35. —Do you know anything about War of Seven Kingdoms, the Chinese Game of Thrones?

—Sure. Although each event ________ a well-known actor playing the key roles, it has all its plots well ________ on established historical records and archaeological findings.

A. features; grounded B. characteristics; witnessed C. stars; depended D. displays; commented

第二节： 完形填空(共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分)

请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。 ProjectArt is an arts program providing free arts classes to children at public libraries in major US cities.

__36__ to the arts encourages children's self-worth, helps them communicate and improves their __37__ in academic areas. Yet, since the 1980s, access to arts education for American school children has been on the __38__．

But where the American public school system is __39__ children, non-profits are __40__ to fill the emptiness, and one organization in particular has __41__ plans to become the largest free art school for children in the country.

ProjectArt, founded by AdarshAlphons in Harlem in 2011, is __42__ to New Orleans

and San Francisco, two cities with many homeless young people and giving the organisation a(n) __43__ in a total of eight cities across the US.

Its executive director, Diana Buckley Muchmore __44__ with ProjectArt in its early days, and one experience impressed on her the __45__ that art can make on a child's development. __46__ her friend Alphons in teaching in a Harlem community center, Buckley Muchmore met a boy. “He was very quiet, but I __47__ with him through a sculpture he was making __48__ wood, and he slowly started to __49__ to describe his work，” she remembers.

Since then, Buckley Muchmore has watched as ProjectArt has embraced a model of __50__ with the country's public library systems. The libraries give them __51__ space, access to existing communities and materials to __52__ the children's creations.

In the meantime, the organization is working to serve the particular needs and take __53__ of the resources of its newest cities. In San Francisco, Buckley Muchmore has an eye on big companies like Airbnb and Adobe, which she hopes to __54__ for funding. The organization also receives __55__ from foundations and individuals.

“In terms of less populated communities, we'll get there too，” says Buckley Muchmore. “Eventually, we'll be in all the cities that have libraries.”

( )36. A. Exposure B. Entrance C. Invitation D. Addiction

( )37. A. popularity B. expectation C. performance D. identity ( )38. A. decline B. account C. way D. rise

( )39. A. satisfying B. transforming C. supporting D. failing ( )40. A. letting off B. stepping in C. taking up D. falling out ( )41. A. great B. strange C. difficult D. secret

( )42. A. moving B. allocating C. returning D. expanding ( )43. A. evidence B. guidance C. presence D. reference ( )44. A. separated B. volunteered C. toyed D. conflicted ( )45. A. impact B. remark C. barrier D. progress

( )46. A. Appealing B. Including C. Joining D. Watching ( )47. A. dealt B. connected C. played D. compared ( )48. A. in between B. up to C. out of D. away from ( )49. A. hold out B. stand up C. figure out D. open up

( )50. A. partnering B. struggling C. exchanging D. consulting ( )51. A. parking B. green C. living D. free

( )52. A. respect B. inspire C. reward D. challenge ( )53. A. charge B. advantage C. notice D. control ( )54. A. arrange B. prepare C. trade D. approach

( )55. A. invitations B. appreciations C. donations D. congratulations 第三部分： 阅读理解(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)

请认真阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

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