2020北京市朝阳区高三英语六校联考A卷及答案

四月份测试题（A卷）

英语试卷 2020. 4

(考试时间120分钟 满分150分)

第一部分：知识运用（共两节，45分）

第一节 语法填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分, 共15分）

阅读下列短文，根据短文内容填空。在未给提示词的空白处仅填写 1个适当的单词，在给出提示词的空白处用括号内所给词的正确形式填空。

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Tom and Jerry, with its funny violence and dark comedy, 1 (remain) popular around the world

today. In the 80 years 2 their creation, the cat and mouse have appeared in everything from a “kids” version to a 1992 musical movie 3 they sang and spoke. Warner Brothers, who now own the rights to Tom and Jerry, 4 (release) a new live-action film just before Christmas this year. Fans are filled with expectations for the film.

B

A lonely Japanese billionaire 5 (plan) to fly to the moon on Elon Musk’s rocket is looking for the

love of his life to join him on his journey. He just hasn’t found her yet.

Yusaku Maezawa, the first paying passenger on Space X’s maiden tourist voyage to the moon in 2023,

tweeted a link on Sunday to a website where women can apply to be his companion 6 the week-long space flight. “I’m 44 now,” Maezawa said on the website. “As feelings of 7 (lonely) slowly begin to surge(涌上) upon me, there’s one thing that I think about: Continuing to love one woman.”

C

This aging of the population is driven by two factors. The first is declining birth rates, which means

old generations are large 8 （compare） to younger generations, and so, on average, the population becomes older than before. This is 9 （especial） true in the US. The second reason is 10 people are living longer. A child born in the US today has a very realistic chance of living beyond 100 and needs to plan accordingly.

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第二节 完型填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分, 共30分）

Christmas was near a season that we took seriously in our house. But a week or so before the 25th, my father would give each of his children $ 20. This was the 1970s, and $ 20 was quite a bit of money.

But I saw it 11 . My father trusted me to have the 12 to spend money wisely. Even better, he gave me the 13 to get it. On a very basic level ,my father was giving me a shopping spree（狂欢）every year. But he was also giving me charge over my own fun, trusting my ability to 14 money and making me feel like a/an 15 . He didn’t buy me Sherlock Holmes, but he gave me the means to walk into the bookstore and choose it for myself, so it felt like a gift from him.

My mother had a/an 16 for giving me what I needed, usually 17 at the moment I needed it most. This was when I was 25, I 18 at being an adult on my very first try. I had quitted my 19 job but had no new one. But when my mother 20 me a visit, I 21 a good show, telling her I had started my own company.

My mother knew that I was trying hard and failing at that time. It wasn’t until 22 she left that I noticed at the foot of my bed an envelope thick with 23 . She knew how 24 I needed it. She knew that had she just shown up with groceries, or 25 to pay my rent, she would have made me feel much 26 . The cold, hard cash meant she was helping me. And, funnily enough, the 27 with which she gave the gift felt like she was giving me space to 28 my life and preserve my dignity. My mother and father both did the same thing. One was giving me the means to take my own 29 , and the other was giving me a second 30 when those decisions had cost me dearly. 11. A. positively 12. A. intelligence 13. A. courage 14. A. spend 15. A. grown-up 16. A. habit 17. A. approximately 18. A. failed 19. A. important 20. A. brought

B. differently B. passion B. suggestions B. carry B. teenager B. gift B. about B. fooled B. creative B. suggested

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C. naturally C. power C. discipline C. manage C. adventurer C. approach C. right C. dropped C. challenging C. paid

D. originally D. potential D. means D. use D. pioneer D. tradition D. slightly D. fell D. previous D. gave

21. A. put on 22. A. before 23. A. credit 24. A. desperately 25. A. attempted 26. A. better 27. A. decoration 28. A. defend 29. A. actions 30. A. solution

B. put away B. after B. loans B. hardly B. offered B. more B. love B. equip B. opportunities B. chance

C. put off C. when C. receipts C. eventually C. promised C. less C. distance C. fix C. risks C. visit

D. put forward

D. as D. cash D. accurately D. refused D. worse D. method D. develop D. decisions D. assistance

第二部分：阅读理解（共两节，40分）

第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，共30分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

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