1、 1 页 2020 届湖南省株洲市茶陵三中高三上学期第五次月考 英语试卷 第一部分：听力（共两节，每题第一部分：听力（共两节，每题 1.51.5 分，满分分，满分 3030 分）分） 第一节 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。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 is the man looking for? A. His pen. B. His book. C. His phone. 2. What does Carols father ask her to do?
2、 A. Talk with her friends. B. Go out with him. C. Put on warm clothes. 3. How many members are there in Alices group now? A. Two. B. Four. C. Six. 4. What are the speakers talking about? A. Ways of cooking. B. Healthy food for kids. C. Kids helping in the kitchen. 5. What is the woman? A. Shes a sho
3、p assistant. B. Shes a receptionist. C. Shes a secretary. 第二节 听下面 5 段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给出的 A、B、C 三个选项中选 出最佳选项。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 6、7 题。 6. Why does the man sound surprised? A. Lily rejected a job offer. B. Lily was absent from school. C
4、. Lily turned down a scholarship. 2 页 7. What has Lily decided to do? A. Travel to Dubai. B. Stay with her mom. C. Start a business. 听第 7 段材料，回答第 8 至 10 题。 8. What is the probable relationship between the speakers? A. Colleagues. B. Relatives. C. Classmates. 9. What is Sabrinas sister doing? A. Tour
5、ing in Africa. B. Teaching in a village. C. Working in a company. 10. How can Sabrina reach her sister now? A. By phone. B. By email. C. By letter. 听第 8 段材料，回答第 11 至 13 题。 11. What does Maria think of the soup? A. Tasteless. B. Just fine. C. Thick. 12. What does Karl say can be added to the soup? A.
6、 Salt. B. Onions. C. Pepper. 13. Where are the speakers? A. At home. B. At a restaurant. C. At a friends house. 听第 9 段材料，回答第 14 至 16 题。 14. When will someone come to check the hot water? A. This afternoon. B. Tomorrow. C. At the weekend. 15. How did the students know about the flat? A. From a friend
7、. B. From a newspaper. C. From a house agency. 16. What will the woman do to settle the problem about the fridge? 3 页 A. Pay the students for the new one. B. Get someone to fix the old one. C. Order one on the Internet. 听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题。 17. Who is the speaker? A. An invited guest. B. A news
8、reporter. C. A radio host. 18. In what way has the speaker changed? A. He speaks faster. B. He becomes heavier. C. He cooks more often. 19. What is difficult for the speaker to get used to? A. The food. B. The weather. C. The language. 20. What does the speaker think of the French people? A. A bit c
9、old. B. Generous. C. Easy-going. 第二部分：阅读理解（共第二部分：阅读理解（共 2020 小题；每小题小题；每小题 2 2 分，满分分，满分 4040 分）分） 第一部（共 15 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 30 分） 阅读下列四篇短文，从每小题后所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该 选项涂黑。 A Ecobee3 Smarter WiFi Thermostat Smart thermostats have become the face of smart home technology for most, but dependin
10、g on what your home is like, its possible to say the ecobee3 is superior. Most of the smart thermostats carry the same benefits, including the ecobee3. They can learn your preferences and schedules, and then adjust the temperature accordingly. Theyre better-looking and 4 页 more enjoyable to use than
11、 the basic pieces of plastic that occupy most households. Their very presence will probably make you more conscious about saving energy. And once youre able to heat up or cool down your house from your phone, without having to get out of bed, you wont want to go back. If you live in a larger househo
12、ld, the ecobee3 can be much more convenientprovided you pick up a couple more remote sensors. Yes, it gets pretty expensive at that point, but having those gives you effective control over the temperature in different rooms around your house. In comparison, other thermostats measurements are largely
13、 limited to the area in which they re installed (安装). If you live in a smaller place, thats no big deal; the ecobee3 still has distinct advantages. It is touch-enabled and more spacious, making it less annoying when you want to enter a WiFi password, see weather information, and so on. Still, all th
14、e smart thermostats are pretty great. Which one is best just depends on whether you need a whole-home solution or a more straightforward one. For now, if its the former, go with the ecobee3. Ecobee3 Smarter WiFi Thermostat with Remote Sensor, available at all shopping websites. 21. What is the funct
15、ion of the ecobee3? A. Planning schedules. B. Making decoration. C. Adjusting temperatures. D. Storing information. 22. According to the passage, one of the advantages of the ecobee3 is that _. A. it can be operated easily by phone B. it has different sizes C. it is a product without using energy D.
16、 it follows the same pattern 23. What makes the ecobee3 superior? A. It costs less than those similar products. B. It may work without access to WiFi networks. C. It is more effective with fewer remote sensors. D. It can control the temperature in a larger area. B It used to be a matter of fact when
17、 Peter Pan a character from James Matthew Barries 1911 book said: “All children, except one, grow up.” But this “fact” doesnt seem to apply to todays world anymore. According to the NPD Group, a US market research company, sales of toys to adults in the UK 5 页 increased by more than 20 percent in 20
18、16, three times the pace of the childrens toy market itself. These toys ranged from puzzles and Lego building sets to vehicle models and action figures. And more than half of the sales came from millennials people born between the 1980s and 2000s. “Adults of the 21st century are channeling their inn
19、er child, one toy at a time,” commented website Koreaboo. This is also why these adults are sometimes referred to as “kidults”. According to Frederique Tutt, an analyst at NPD, the motivation of these grown-ups is to escape the stress of todays fast-paced world. They are driven toward the more immed
20、iate pleasures brought by toys than those brought by, say, getting a promotion, which is far less easy to achieve. “It reminds me of the playful side of life,” Rob Willner, a 25-year-old PhD student in the UK, told The Telegraph when talking about his love for Lego, which he said brings him both com
21、fort and entertainment. Despite this, some social scientists see the trend as disturbing. To Frank Furendi, a professor at the University of Kent in the UK, the fact that so many adults are pursuing “the thrills of youth” is the evidence that “adulthood has got nothing attractive about it anymore”,
22、he told The New York Times. “Thats actually quite sad.” But scientists are probably just worrying too much. According to Canadian comic book artist Todd McFarlane, collecting toys could simply be a way for people to express their individuality. “Its just pop culture stuff. Its stuff that says, I lik
23、e a little of this and I like a little of that,” he told ABC News. “Its no big deal.” So now that over 100 years have passed since Peter Pan, perhaps its time to introduce a new “fact”, as stated in the tagline (标语) of the UK fashion brand KIDULT: “Growing old is mandatory (被迫 的), but growing up is
24、optional.” 24. What does the underlined sentence in paragraph 2 imply? A. Many adults still have some childlike features. B. Something old is not suitable for a new world. C. All children grow up as they become adults. D. Its difficult for some children to grow up in todays world. 25. Which of the f
25、ollowing statements is true? A. Rob Willner believes that the pleasure brought by toys is easier to achieve. B. Frederique Tutt believes that some adults enjoy playing with childrens toys to escape the stress. 6 页 C. Frank Furendi believes that the thrill of youth does not attract adults. D. Todd Mc
26、Farlane is worrying too much about collecting toys. 26. What is the writers attitude towards the trend of growing kidults? A. Supportive B. Doubtful C. Critical D. Disapproval 27. What can be the best title for the passage? A. Growing Old Or Growing Up B. Toys Sales On The Rise C. Kidults In Fashion
27、 Again D. Staying Young Forever C Fifteen years ago, I took a summer vacation in Lecce in southern Italy. After climbing up a hill for a panoramic (全景的) view of the blue sea, white buildings and green olive trees, I paused to catch my breath and then positioned myself to take the best photo of this
28、panorama. Unfortunately, just as I took out my camera, a woman approached from behind, and planted herself right in front of my view. Like me, this woman was here to stop, sigh and appreciate the view. Patient as I was, after about 15 minutes, my camera scanning the sun and reviewing the shot I woul
29、d eventually take, I grew frustrated. Was it too much to ask her to move so I could take just one picture of the landscape? Sure, I could have asked her, but something prevented me from doing so. She seemed so content in her observation. I didnt want to mess with that. Another 15 minutes passed and
30、I grew bored. The woman was still there. I decided to take the photo anyway. And now when I look at it, I think her presence in the photo is what makes the image interesting. The landscape, beautiful on its own, somehow comes to life and breathes because this woman is engaging with it. This photo, w
31、ith the unique beauty that unfolded before me and that woman who “ruined” it, now hangs on a wall in my bedroom. What would she think if she knew that her figure is captured (捕捉) and frozen on some strangers bedroom wall? A bedroom, after all, is a very private space, in which some woman I dont even
32、 know has been immortalized (使永存). In some ways, she lives in my house. Perhaps we all live in each others spaces. Perhaps this is what photos are for: to remind us that we all appreciate beauty, that we all share a common desire for pleasure, for connection, for 7 页 something that is greater than u
33、s. That photo is a reminder, a captured moment, an unspoken conversation between two women, separated only by a thin square of glass. 28. What happened when the author was about to take a photo? A. Her camera stopped working. B. A friend approached from behind. C. Someone asked her to leave. D. A wo
34、man blocked her view. 29. In the authors opinion, what makes the photo so alive? A. The womans existence in the photo. B. The perfect positioning of the camera. C. The rich color of the landscape. D. The soft sunlight that summer day. 30. The photo on the bedroom wall enables the author to better un
35、derstand _. A. the need to be close to nature B. the shared passion for beauty C. the joy of the vacation in Italy D. the importance of private space 31. The passage can be seen as the authors reflections upon _. A. the art of photography B. the pleasure of traveling C. a particular life experience
36、D. a lost friendship D Electric cars are dirty. In fact, not only are they dirty, they might even be more dirty than their gasoline-powered cousins. People in California love to talk about “zero-emissions(排放)vehicles”, but people in California seem to be clueless about where electricity comes from.
37、Power plants mostly use fire to make it. Aside from the new folks who have their roofs covered with solar cells, we get our electricity from generators(发电机). Generators are fueled by something-usually coal, oil, but also by heat generated in nuclear power plants. There are a few wind farms and geoth
38、ermal(地热)plants as well, but by far we get electricity mainly by burning something. In other words, those “zero-emissions“ cars are likely coal-burning cars. Its just because the coal is burned somewhere else, it looks clean. It is not. Its as if the California Greens are covering their eyes“If I ca
39、nt see it, its not happening.” Gasoline is an incredibly efficient way to power a vehicle; a gallon of gas has a lot of energy in it. But when you take that gas (or another fuel) and first use it to 8 页 make electricity, you waste a nice part of that energy, mostly in the form of wasted heatat the g
40、enerator, through the transmission lines, etc. A gallon of gas may propel your car 25 miles. But the electricity you get from that gallon of gas wont get you nearly as far so electric cars burn more fuel than gasoline-powered ones. If our electricity came mostly from nukes or geothermal, or hydro or
41、 wind or solar, then an electric car truly would be clean. But for political, technical, and economic reasons, we dont use much of those energy sources. In addition, electric cars batteries which are poisonous for a long time will eventually end up in a landfill. And finally, when cars are the pollu
42、ters, the pollution is spread across all the roads. When its a power plant, though，all the junk is in one place. Nature is very good at cleaning up when things are too concentrated, but it takes a lot longer when all the garbage is in one spot. 32. What is the main idea of the text? A. Electric cars
43、 are far from clean B. Electric cars are better than gasoline-powered ones C. People cast doubts on electric cars batteries D. Gasoline is an efficient way to power a vehicle 33. The electricity we get from a gallon of gas may make our car run _. A. not less than 25 miles B. as far as 50 miles C. no
44、t more than 25 miles D. as far as 25 miles 34. According to the text, electric cars _. A. are more environmentally friendly B. burn more fuel than gas-powered ones C. are very good at cleaning up when things are not too concentrated D. are poisonous for a long time and will eventually end up in a la
45、ndfill 35. It can be inferred from the text that _. A. being green is good and should be encouraged in communication B. electric cars are now the dominant vehicle compared with gasoline-powered cousins C. zero-emissions vehicles should be chosen to protect our environment D. electric cars are not cl
46、ean because we get electricity mainly by burning something 第二节（共 5 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 10 分） 9 页 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。 Why we still need to read Dickens Walk into any bookstore, and you can hardly avoid “bumping into” Charles Dickens. Many of Dickens works still sell well today. 36 As
47、someone who teaches Dickens, the question of why we still read him is often on my mind. 37 One day nearly 10 years ago, however, when I was giving a lecture, I was telling the students that for Victorian readers, Dickenss writing was a “tune-in-next-week” type of thing that generated crazes. 38 “But
48、 why should we still read this stuff?” the student asked. The answer I gave was only acceptable, “Because he teaches you how to think,” I said. The question annoyed me for years, for years, and for years I told myself answers, but never with complete satisfaction. We read Dickens because he is not j
49、ust a man of his own times, but also a man for our times. We read Dickens because we can learn from experiences of his characters almost as easily as we can learn from our own experiences. 39 But these are not exactly the reason why I read Dickens. My search for an answer continued until one day a text message came from a student of mine. “We still read Dickenss novels,” she wrote, “because th
