江苏省四星级高中2020届高考考前信息卷8英语试题（无听力，含答案)

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江苏省四星级高中2020届高考考前信息卷（8）

英 语 试 题

第一部分：听力(共两节，满分20分)

略

第二部分　英语知识运用(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.　　　　the news, so far, has been good, there may be bad days ahead.　

A. When　　　　 B. While　　　　 C. If　　　　 D. Since

22. The photos on the wall_______Grandma of those happy old days when a large family lived together.　

A. repeat　　　　 B. remember　　　　 C. remind　　　　 D. retell

23. He revisited his home village last month, and everything there_______his sweet memory of his childhood.　

A. brought about　　　　 B. brought up　　　　 C. brought back　　　　 D. brought in

24.Paris serves both as the political center of the nation and as_______.　

A. the cultural center also

B. being a cultural center

C. to be a center of cultural activity

D. a center of cultural activity

25.I think Jone will make a good monitor, _______I’d like to vote for him.

A. but　　　　 B. so　　　　 C. or　　　　 D. for

26. —Let’s go for a picnic this weekend together with our classmates, OK?

—_______. I love getting close to nature.　

A. I couldn’t agree more　　　　 B. That’s all right

C. Out of the question　　　　　　 D. I’m afraid not

27. At the bad news, she was so sad_______I had to stay here keeping her_______.　

A. that; companion　　　　 B. then; companies　　　　

C. that; company　　　　 D. and; accompany

28. I was_______with my son about his carelessness, which_______the main cause of his failure in maths.

A. annoyed; were　　　　 B. amazed; was　　　　

C. amazing; were　　　　 D. annoyed; was

29. Though it is 30 years_______we last met, I still remember the scene_______we got separated on a rainy day.

A. before; where　　　　 B. before; which　　　　

C. since; when　　　　 D. since; where

30. Not until many years later_______that many of his neighbors helped him when he suffered the loss of his parents at an early age.

A. he was informed　　　　 B. he informed　　　　

C. was he informed　　　　 D. did he informed

31. “Overall, export performance will be_______better, and it’s going to accelerate in the_______months.” said an economist in Hong Kong.

A. more; coming　　　　 B. much; following　　　　

C. little; to come　　　　 D. much; to follow

32. —Sorry, I broke your wineglass.

—_______You didn’t mean to.

1. Never mind.　　　　 B. Certainly not!　　　　

C. Why not be careful?　　　　 D. Don’t mention it.

33. _______, his suggestion is not helpful, though it sounds very interesting.

A. Generally speaking　　　　 B. On the contrary　　　　

C. In particular　　　　 D. To be honest

34.—When is he willing to lend somebody some money?

—Only when　　　　hard enough.

A. to press　　　　 B. pressing　　　　 C. pressed　　　　 D. presses

35. It’s terrible. My car　　　　break down just as we were going on our holiday.

A. might　　　　 B. would　　　　 C. could　　　　 D. must

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。

The little boy turned to the old woman next to him, ‘‘Granny, are you sure I don’t have enough money?’’ She nodded. The little boy was still 　36　 the doll (洋娃娃) in his hand.

I walked toward him, 　37　 who he wished to give this doll to. “Sister. She was sure that Santa Claus would bring a doll to her.” I told him that maybe Santa Claus would do so. But he replied to me 　38　, “No, Santa Claus(圣诞老人) can’t bring it to her 　39　 she is now. I have to give the doll to my mommy so that she can give it to my sister when she 　40　 there. My sister has gone to be with God. Daddy says that Mommy is going to see God very soon too, 　41　 I thought she could take the doll with her to give it to my sister.’’

The little boy looked 　42　 at me, “I told Daddy to tell Mommy not to go yet. I need her to wait until I come back from the mall. I 　43　 she didn’t have to leave me, but Daddy says that she has to go to be with my little sister.” Then he looked 　44　 at the doll with sad eyes.

I quickly 　45　 for my wallet. “Let’s check again, just in case you do have enough money for the doll!” “OK. I hope I do have enough.” I added some of my money to 　46　 without him seeing and we started to count it. There was enough for the doll and 　47　 some spare money. “Thank you God for giving me enough money!” He looked at me and 　48　, “I wanted to have enough money to buy a white rose for my Mommy, but I didn’t dare to ask God 　49　 too much. But He gave me enough to buy the doll and a white rose. My mommy loves white roses.”

　50　 I remembered a local newspaper article two days ago, mentioning a drunk man in a truck hit a car 　51　 by a young woman and a little girl. The little girl 　52　 right away and the mother was 　53　 in a critical state.

Two days 　54　 this encounter (偶然相遇) with the little boy, I read in the newspaper that the young　　55　 had passed away.

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。

A

World Expo 2010 Shanghai China is to be staged in Shanghai from May 1 to October 31, 2010. If you plan to visit the Shanghai Expo this summer, China Pavilion is a must-see area for you.

China Pavilion, which is called Oriental Crown (东方之冠), is located at the center of the Expo site. Standing 63 meters tall, the China Pavilion takes the shape of an emperor’s crown, with the upper layers larger than the lower ones. Covering 160,000 square meters in floor space, the pavilion consists of a national hall and a regional hall. Construction on the China Pavilion began on December 18, 2007. The design of the China Pavilion was picked from a total of 344 designs put forward by Chinese from around the world. The pavilion possesses both traditional and modern features, which helps develop the theme of the 2010 Expo“Better City, Better Life”. For example, it is red in appearance, which contains the elements of traditional Chinese culture, and it is green indoors, with the use of energy-saving techniques. The Shanghai World Expo is expected to attract 70 million visitors from across the globe. It is estimated that 400,000 people will visit the Expo and its 140 pavilions every day during the period, but the China Pavilion is only able to receive about one tenth of the total. How to accommodate so many people in the pavilion remains a tough task. Luckily, the China Pavilion is built as a permanent landmark.

During the Expo, the main structure will be used for an exhibition based on the theme of “Chinese wisdom in urban development” by explaining the values of harmony, nature and spirit. The three-story pavilion has three sections. The top floor’s “Footprint of the East” will show some of the changes in Chinese cities. There, you can see a film which shows how Chinese cities have changed, especially in the past 30 years. According to Lu Chuan, director of the film, the scenery is like something from Lord of the Rings. On the second floor, “Journey of Wisdom” will explain China’s four great inventions. And the ground’s “Blossoming City” will display scenes from cities of the future.

56. Which of the following words can be used to describe the China Pavilion?

A. Tiny.　　　　B. Round.　　　　 C. Exotic (异国情调的).　　　　 D. Environmentally-friendly.

57. From the passage, we can infer that　　　.

A. China Pavilion will be pulled down after the World Expo 2010 is over

B. China Pavilion will probably continue to be open to visitors after the Expo is over

C. you can continue to visit the other pavilions after the Expo is over

D. some foreign friends took part in the designs of the China Pavilion

58. On the second floor, you can　　　.

A. enjoy a film about the changes of cities in China

B. learn what Shanghai looked like in the 1920s

C. find out how paper was invented

D. see how Chinese cities will look like in the future

B

If the world were a village of 1,000 people it would include:

•584 Asians

•124 Africans

•95 Eastern and Western Europeans

•84 Latin Americans

•55 former Soviets (including Lithuanians, Latvians, Estonians, and other national groups)

•52 North Americans

•6 Australians and New Zealanders

•The people of the village would speak:

•165 Mandarin

•86 English

•83 Hindu/Urdu

•64 Spanish

•58 Russian

•37 Arabic

The above list covers the mother tongues of only half the village.

One-third of the people in the village are children, and only 60 are over the age of 65. Just under half of the married women in the village have access to modern equipment.

This year 28 babies will be born. Ten people will die, 3 of them for lack of food, 1 from cancer. Two of the deaths will be of babies born within the year. With the 28 births and 10 deaths, the population of the village next year will be 1,018.

In this village of 1,000 persons, 200 people receive 75 per cent of the income; another 200 receive only 2 per cent of the income.

About one-third have access to clean, safe drinking water.

Of the 670 adults in the village, half cannot read nor write.

The village has a total yearly budget, public and private, of over $3 million—$3,000 per person if it is distributed evenly. Of the total 3 million:

$181,000 goes to weapons and warfare

$159,000 to education

$132,000 to health care

These weapons are under the control of just 100 of the people. The other 900 are watching them with deep anxiety, wondering whether they can learn to get along together.

59. Which of the following is true about Mandarin according to the text?

A. Nearly one-third of Asian people speak Mandarin in the village.

B. About 8. 25 per cent of the people speak Mandarin in the village.

C. About 16. 5 per cent of the people speak Mandarin in the village.

D. Nearly all the Mandarin-speaking people are from Asia in the village.

60. Which of the following problems is NOT mentioned in the text?

A. Poverty.　　　　 B. Education.　　　　 C. Environment.　　　　 D. Marriage.

61. The underlined part “have access to”means　　　.

A. use　　　　 B. buy　　　　 C. produce　　　　 D. try

62. The last sentence in the text implies that most of the people long for　　　.

A. a peaceful world

B. good education

C. better health care

D. a life without anxiety

C

Father Maurice Chase used a special way to celebrate his 90th birthday. The Catholic priest took $ 15,000 in cash to Los Angeles’ Skid Row (贫民区) and gave it away. Twenty wheelchair-bound people received $100 bills, while the rest received $1 to $ 3 each.

“I come out here to tell them that God loves them and I love them and that someone is concerned about them,” Chase said.

Chase has given away cash and blessings every Sunday at the same corner for 24 years. Several hundred people wait for him every week.

He makes a point of coming on Thanksgiving and Christmas, too, but this is the first year he spent his birthday in the downtown neighborhood where people live mainly in shelters and on dirty sidewalks.

“It’s the place that makes me the happiest. I just love it,” said Chase. “I look forward to coming here.”

The money comes from donations he receives from rich and famous people he met during his work as assistant to the president of Loyola Marymount University.

The crowd broke into choruses of “Happy Birthday” several times. Some people presented him birthday cards, to his delight.

Travis Kemp, a 51-year-old disabled man with long black hair, was one of the lucky 20 to receive 100. He said he had no special plans for spending the money. “He has a lot of respect from me,”Kemp said. “I know I couldn’t do it.”

63. Which of the following makes Chase feel the happiest?

A. Celebrating his birthday with his neighbours.

B. Working in Loyola Marymount University.

C. Celebrating Christmas with the people he has helped.

D. Going to Los Angeles Skid Row to help people there.

64. What’s the source of the money Chase used to help people?

A. All his savings.

B. His earnings as a Catholic priest.

C. Donations from the wealthy and celebrities.

D. Donations from Loyola Marymount University.

65. Travis Kemp is mentioned in the text to show　　　.

A. he was the luckiest person on that day

B. the disabled need to be taken care of

C. Chase is greatly appreciated by the needy

D. even old people came to celebrate Chase’s birthday

66. Which statement is CORRECT according to the passage?

A. Every recipient could get 100 in cash from Father Maurice Chase.

B. Father Maurice Chase gave the cash away not only on his birthday but also on other occasions.

C. Although Father Maurice Chase gave the cash away on his birthday, he didn’t receive anything in return.

D. Father Maurice Chase earned a lot of money as assistant to the president of Loyola Marymount University.

D

A research by the National Center for Health Statistics is seen as an important confirmation of the “Hispanic mortality paradox(西班牙裔死亡率悖论).”

On average, Hispanics outlive whites by 2.5 years and blacks by 7.7 years. Their life expectancy at birth in 2006 was 80.6 years, compared with 78.1 for whites, 72.9 for blacks and 77.7 years for the total population.

The report shows that the Hispanic population has higher life expectancy at birth and at almost every age despite a socioeconomic status lower than that of whites. “Mortality is very correlated with income, education and health care access,” says Elizabeth Arias, author of the report. “You would expect the Hispanic population would have higher mortality, in line with the black population.”

The Hispanic paradox has been documented for more than two decades, but this is the first time the government has had enough data to issue national numbers. Researchers are struggling to explain why Hispanics live longer.

“We don’t know,” says David Hayes-Bautista, director of the Center for the Study of Latino Health and Culture at UCLA’s David Geffen School of Medicine. “We thought it was a problem in the data, but we can pretty much say this is real.”

Potential factors:

·Culture and lifestyle. Support from extended family and lower rates of smoking and drinking. Latino groups in particular have very strong family and social ties.

·Migration. The “healthy migrant effect” argues that healthy people are more likely to emigrate. And when immigrants become ill, they might return home and die there.

“Solving the puzzle may help the nation deal with health care issues because Hispanics use health services less—they make fewer doctors visits and spend less time in hospitals,” Hayes Bautista says. “It’s clearly something in the Latino culture,” he says.

67. In 2006, Hispanics’ life expectancy is　　　years longer than the average of the total population.

A. 2. 5　　　　 B. 7. 7　　　　 C. 2. 9　　　　 D. 80. 6

68. What does the underlined word “outlive” in the second paragraph probably mean?

A. To live longer than. . .

B. To live shorter than. . .

C. To die out.

D. To expect to live.

69. What is the main idea of paragraph three?

A. Hispanics were born better than whites.

B. Morality is closely related with health care access.

C. Whites should have longer life expectancy.

D. Even experts can’t explain the phenomenon.

70. What is Mr. Hayes-Bautista’s opinion about the paradox?

A. He supports there is a problem with the data.

B. He intends to trust the cultural factor.

C. He believes in the “healthy migrant effect”.

D. He thinks health care the most important factor.

第四部分　任务型阅读(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)

请认真阅读下面短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。

注意：每个空格只填一个单词。

Have you ever wondered why there are so many skin colours in the world?Do you know why people living in particular areas usually have a certain colour?Biology and history are the two reasons for this.

Skin contains something called melanin, which determines what colour a person’s skin will be. The more melanin a person has, the darker his or her skin will be. The amount of and production of melanin are controlled by genetics, But can be affected by other things, such as sunlight. If a person lives in a place with strong sunlight, a person’s body will produce more melanin, making the skin darker. In a place with less sunlight, a person’s body will produce less melanin, making the skin lighter.

Skin colour is also affected by another source—vitamin D. Humans all need vitamin D to build bones. People can get it by eating foods such as fish and milk, or from sunlight, which causes vitamin D production in the skin. Melanin protects skin by absorbing sunlight, so sunlight absorbed by melanin cannot be used for vitamin D production. Therefore, a dark-skinned person will produce less vitamin D than a light-skinned person when they received the same amount of sunlight.

The connection between vitamin D production and skin colour is clear when we look at evolution. The earliest humans lived in Africa, their dark skin covered with hair. When they moved to places that had less sunlight, their bodies produced less vitamin D because of their dark skin. As a result, their skin made less melanin, so they could get enough sunlight to produce vitamin D. Their skin gradually got lighter and they lost hair. Now, people who live in areas with strong sunlight, like Africa, have darker skin, while people living in other areas have lighter skin. The exception to this is the Inuit, who live in a place with little sunlight, but have dark skin because they eat a lot of fish and have enough vitamin D.

　　Evolution has given us a rainbow of skin colours. Humans have always had melanin to determine our skin colour. What has changed through history is the environment where we have lived. This has in turn changed our melanin production, and eventually, skin colour.

A World of Skin Colour

第五部分　书面表达(满分25分)

81.请认真阅读下面短文，并按照要求用英语写一篇150词左右的文章。

下图记叙的是一位种树人带着小狗Doggy 去种树时发生的事情, 假定你是下图中的种树人, 以第一人称写一篇150词左右的记叙文。

参考词汇: 桶pail　铲shovel

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江苏省四星级高中2020届高考考前信息卷（8）

英 语 试 题 参 考 答 案

第一部分：听力（共两节，满分20分）

略

第二部分：英语知识运用（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）

21-25BCCDB  26-30ACDDC  31-35BADCD

第二节完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）

36-40 BDCAC　　41-45 ADBCA　　46-50 CDBBD　　51-55 ABCAD

第三部分：阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

56-60DBCCD    61-65AADCC    66-70BCADB

第四部分：任务型阅读（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

71.introduction　72.area　73.lie　74.determined　75.darker　76.affecting　77.produce　78.while　79.Evolution　80.plays　

第五部分：书面表达（满分25分）　

Planting a Tree

Spring is coming, and everything comes to life. This afternoon I went to plant a young tree in my orchard.

I carried a pail in my hand with a shovel on my shoulder. My dog Doggy carried the young tree in his mouth. Together we set out for my orchard. First I dug a hole into the earth and planted the young tree in the hole. Then I carried some water with the pail and watered it. My dog sat by the tree and looked at me. After all had been finished, to my surprise, my dog pulled the young tree out and followed me home, with the tree in his mouth.

It was really an interesting experience, wasn’t it?