1、2020年高考英语调研卷&联考卷(四)本试卷6页,满分120分。考试用时120分钟注意事项:1.答卷前,考生务必用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔将自己的校名、姓名、考号、座位号等 相关信息填写在答题卡指定区域内。2.选择题每小题选出答案后,请用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑;如需改动,用橡皮擦干净后,再选涂其他答案;不能答在试卷上。.3.非选择题必须用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔作答,答案必须写在答题卡各题目指定区域 内的相应位置上;如需改动,先划掉原来的答案,然后再写上新的答案;不准使用铅 笔和涂改液,不按以上要求作答的答案无效。4.考生必须保证答题卡的整洁。第二部分 阅读理解(共两节,满分40
2、分)第一节(共15小题;每小题2分,满分30分)阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂。ALooking for work?Tutors Wanted: Math / Science / Humanities + Test Preparation Job Posted: 2 days ago Wage: $27 30 per hour Job Type: Part-time Schedule: Afternoons, evenings, weekdays, weekends Job description: Were looking for
3、tutors to join us before the next school year starts. Our suitable candidate will be able to assist middle and high school students with test preparation and academic work in Math, Science and / or Humanities. Well pay for your training before this fall and can also offer flexible summer tutoring ch
4、ances, including teaching group classes. Once our fall semester starts on August 21, well have even higher demand for tutoring sessions on Sundays from 1 p. m. to 8 p.m. as well as from3 p. m. to 9 p. m. Monday-Thursday. What we offer: Flexible scheduling. Tutors work from 15 to 30 hours per week de
5、pending on availability and student demand. Free Sunday dinners during the academic year. Fun staff gatherings Health insurance reimbursement (补偿) for staff working over 30 hours per week. We are 5 minutes walking distance from the Menlo Park Caltrain Station. Applicants must: Have a good command of
6、 the subjects they tutor. Be willing to tutor students through the full academic year. Application instructions: Email us your resume (简历) Tell us why you want to join Academic Trainers and describe your experience of tutoring students if you have any. Let us know your scheduling preferences and pot
7、ential start date. Tell us which of the subjects you are able to tutor-Math, Science and / or Humanities.1Which period of time needs the most tutors during the academic year?ASaturday and Sunday mornings.BFriday afternoons and evenings.CMonday and Thursday mornings.DSunday afternoons and evenings.2W
8、hat can a tutor enjoy who works more than 30 hours per week?AComfortable accommodation.BFree job training every month.CHealth insurance reimbursement.DFree meals during the academic year.3What qualification should a suitable candidate have?AHe / She must tutor all the subjects part-time.BHe / She mu
9、st be good at the subjects they tutor.CHe / She must have a previous tutoring experience.DHe / She must work every evening through the academic year.BNew South Wales, Australia, is setting up cameras as part of an effort to reduce the number of people preoccupied with wireless devices while they dri
10、ve. It will be the first area in the world to use the technology to punish drivers distracted (分心) with telephone calls, social media or text messages.Road Safety experts are concerned about the growing number of accidents involving drivers using smart phones on the states roads. They say drivers wh
11、o use phones while driving greatly increase their chances of being involved in an accident.The New South Wales government plans to place 45 Mobile Phone Detection Cameras across the state by December. Each phone detection unit contains two cameras. One camera takes pictures of a vehicles registratio
12、n plate (牌照). A second camera looks through the front windrow of a car or truck to see what drivers are doing with their hands.The units use artificial intelligence to set aside drivers who are not touching their phones. Human beings then confirm if the pictures show illegal behavior before notice i
13、s sent to the vehicles registered owner. A violation (违反) carries fine of $232. Some cameras will be permanently set up on roadsides. Others will be moved, from time to time, around the state.Two fixed cameras took photographs of 8.5 million vehicles as part of a six-month test earlier this year. Th
14、e cameras took photos of more than 100,000 drivers with their hands on phones. One driver was using a phone and another electronic device, an Apple iPad, at the same time. Another driver had a passenger guide the vehicle while they both held phones, the state government said.4What is the real purpos
15、e to set up cameras in New South Wale?ATo keep records of the accidents.BTo promote the latest technology.CTo find illegal behavior of the drivers.DTo force drivers to focus more on driving.5What can we infer from the road safety experts?ASmart-phones are main killers on the road.BAll accidents resu
16、lt from drivers using cell-phones.CMeasures are badly needed to ban using phones while driving.DCarrying a smart-phone while driving will cause an accident.6How does the phone detection unit function effectively?AIt corrects the drivers wrong behavior.BIt has two cameras to record the plates.CIt sen
17、ds a notice to the legal diver autonomously.DIt combines artificial intelligence with humans efforts.7What did a six-month test show?AElectronic devices could help divers indeed.BMary passenger helped operate the vehicles.CMany drivers used electronic devices while driving.DIt was common to be busy
18、with two wireless devices.CBEIJING/SAO PAULO-Chinese traditions like cockfighting, like-flying and fireworks have been quite common in Brazil for many years.Despite the thousands of kilometers between them, Chinas historical and artistic mark on Brazil has existed for about 300 years, said Brazilian
19、 sinologist (汉学家) Jose Roberto Teixeira Leite in his book China in Brazil. “Influences from China can date from the colonial period, even up to the time after after Brazils independence.” The commercial relationship between the two countries has existed for a long time, he noted, adding that incomin
20、g ships would fill up Brazilian cities like Salvador, Rio de Janeiro and Recife with Chinese products like porcelain (瓷器), silk and fans He also found Chinese influence not only in the arts and architecture of Brazil but also in the most diverse areas of Brazilian society, like the economy, medicine
21、 and popular culture. “At the end of the 19th century, in Pernambuco, (a state in northeastern Brazil), there was a custom that children slept with clothes decorated with Chinese dragons.” Teixeira added.The book took him about 15 years to finish. “The impact of the book surprised me, though it was
22、published by a university publisher and it had a print run of just 1,000 copies,” he said. “Some have said that the book represents a turning point in Chinese studies in Brazil.”Besides, the sinologist did research on the mark and presence of China in the architecture and arts of Brazil. “It was thr
23、ough art that China awoke in me, first, curiosity, after that, interest, and finally, passion,” Teixeira said.In 1992, the sinologist visited Macao to do research for his doctoral thesis about the marks and presence of China in Brazil, and that trip impressed him a lot. In 2013, Teixeira had a chanc
24、e to visit the Chinese cities of Bejing, Shenzhen and Shanghai, and got to know “the past and present of the great country culturally, as well as its incredible material development.”8What does the underlined sentence imply?ABrazilian childrens love for dragons as Chinese children.BThe development o
25、f China-Brazil frequent trade cooperation.CA further understanding of the cultures of the two countries.DChinas influence on most diverse areas of Brazilian society.9What marks a new stage of Chinese studies for Brazilian?AChildrens clothes.BThe sinologists traveling.CThe sinologists book.DChinas po
26、rcelain.10What fired the sinologists passion for Chinese studies?AChinese art.BChinese customs.CThe history of China.DChinas development.11What is the best title for this passage?AThe Impression of China on Sinologist.BChina and Brazil in Eyes of SinologistCAn Introduction to Sinologists New BookDTh
27、e Future of China-Brazil Trade RelationsDAs they reach school age, about 90 percent of children will have experienced a condition in which fluid (液体) fills the middle ear, muffling (使模糊) sound and sometimes causing infection. The fluid usually clears on its own, but if not, it can lead to a painful
28、ear infection called acute otitis (中耳炎) media. In some cases the fluid can persist for more than a year, causing hearing loss during this period, and slowing down their development of language and social skills.Diagnosis usually requires a visit to a specialistbut researchers have now developed an a
29、pp that detects this fluid just as accurately, with only a smartphone and a paper funnel (漏斗).Doctors typically detect the problem by peering into the ear for a visual assessment. Yet, this method has only a 50 percent accuracy rate. “Right now, if you bring your child to a pediatrician, or to any u
30、rgent care family doctor, the way they look at whether or not theres fluid in the middle ear is by looking at the eardrum,” says Sharat Raju, a surgeon in the department of head and neck surgery at the University of Washington.For a cheaper and more accessible alternative, researchers at the Univers
31、ity of Washington turned to smartphones. First the user follows a template to cut and tape a piece of paper into a funnel, which can be placed between a smartphone and the patients ear. Next the app plays a chirping sound through the phones speaker; the sound waves bounce off the eardrum and hit the
32、 phones microphone, where they register and are analyzed by the app. An eardrum with fluid behind it will vibrate (振动) differently than if the middle ear is full of air, as it normally is.To develop the app, the researchers first played chirps for patients with and without fluid in their ears. They
33、recorded the echoes (回音), which indicate the eardrums mobility. Then they used a machine learning model to classify the returning sound waves, determining which audio characteristics indicated a normal ear and which suggested the presence of fluid. Once they tested the app on 98 children, ranging fr
34、om 18 months to 17 years old, at Seattle Childrens Hospital. It correctly detected fluid in 85 percent of cases, and correctly identified fluid-free ears in 82 percent.The researchers are currently trying to get FDA approval for the app, and have founded a company to commercialize it. They hope to m
35、ake it available by the end of the year, to help parents track childrens ear health at home.12What do we know about the fluid from the first paragraph?AIt is mostly part of childrens growth.BIt is unavoidable for any child.CIt is a permanent physical condition.DIt is beyond any medical means.13What
36、does the underlined word “pediatrician” refer to in Paragraph 3?AA hospital.BA specialist.CA relative.DAn app.14What is the fourth paragraph mainly about?AThe application of the app.BThe causes of the kids ear problem.CThe purpose of developing the app.DThe experiment of the smartphone.15What do the
37、 researchers expect of the app?AIt will upgrade the medical technology.BIt will hit the market in the near future.CIt will help children do better academically.DIt will save doctors medical operations.第二节(共5小题:每小题2分,满分10分)根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。How Many Cups of Coffee per Day Are T
38、oo Many?From cappuccinos to cold brew, coffee is a must-have to start the day for many people. 16 However, a new study suggests too much coffee can be harmful.This is what a recent study shows. 17 A University of South Australia study led by Elian Hypponen suggests a couple of cups to start your day
39、 probably wont hurt and may even be good for you. But drinking six or more cups of coffee a day can increase your risk of heart disease by up to 22%, the researchers found. A cup was defined as eight ounces of coffee.Knowing the limits of whats good for us and whats not is necessary. 18 About one in
40、 four deaths in the United States is due to heart disease, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Heart disease is the leading cause of death worldwide. Thats why Elian set out to discover how much caffeine causes high blood pressure. 19Elian says her findings suggest that
41、 sipping two to three cups per day is pretty safe and possibly beneficial. She also notes that if youre generally healthy, lots of evidence suggests that four cups per day shouldnt be harmful.20 Even though the research says five cups of coffee is permissible, each person should know his or her own
42、limit. If we begin having difficulty sleeping or feeling nervous, we might have reached our limit for the day.ADrink no more than six cups per day.BOver the limits and our health will pay for it.CCoffee is the most popular drink in the world.DBut of course, dont forget to listen to our body.E. The r
43、elation between them is quite complicated.F. As we know, it is a key heart disease risk factor.G. It sets you off on an energetic morning and prepares you for a busy day.第三部分英语知识运用 (共两节,满分45分)第一节 完形填空(共20小题:每小题1.5分,满分30分)阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。Five years ago, I took
44、a career risk by leaving my job to work on a ship. My medical friends did their best to persuade me, saying that running away to sea would 21 my career. But after these years working as a junior doctor, I was willing to take the risk. 22 for adventure, I boarded a ship in Singapore with 2, 000 passe
45、ngers and crew. To my 23 ,the hospital was well equipped, with an X-ray machine and a blood analyzer. That first voyage was a learning experience, a 24 schedule full of safety drills. There was so much new information to 25 . Even remembering which uniform to wear each day was a 26 . Most confusing,
46、 I often forgot to 27 my clock when the ship crossed time zones.As a doctor, I was 28 for the 600 crew. and I was on call for the entire ship. Far from 29 seasickness and sunburn, I had to deal with other diseases, for my patients were wide and varied. The ships medical center was 30 a floating emer
47、gency room, and we didnt have a team of specialists on hand for a second 31 . With long and unpredictable hours, it required mental 32 . As you can guess, many of the passengers were elderly. Heart attacks dont 33 geography and emergency evacuations (疏散)were difficult to arrange. I recall one such p
48、atient, who was taken off the ship halfway through the Panama Canal .After a 34 ride in an old ambulance, I was relieved that the patient 35 long enough to arrive at the hospital in Panama City. 36 , there were several unexpected benefits to the job. I regularly 37 the passenger facilities (设施)and I even hosted my own table of passengers in the evenings.