2019-2020年高三12月质量检测 英语试题 含答案

B

、

C

和

D

）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。

The other day I was having a meal in an Italian restaurant when I got a phone call from a long

lost friend. In my excitement I talked slightly

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than usual and in Spanish, my mother tongue.

A few minutes into the

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the lady sitting at the table beside mine got up, seemingly

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,

and

asked

the

restaurant

staff

to

find

for

her

another

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as

far

away

as

possible

from

me.

I

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in my seat out of embarrassment, feeling the

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to

go over and apologize.

I

looked

around

and

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the lady was

alone

and staring

out

the

window

at the table

furthest away from me. I was about to stand up when it hit me that she might prefer not to be

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.

Right

then

I

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my

plans

for

a

conventional

apology

and

decided

to

conduct

an

experiment.

Seeing

those

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Smile

cards

in

my

wallet

I

took

one

out.

On

signing

my

restaurant check I asked my waiter to

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charge the lady’s meal to my credit card and

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her a Smile card instead of her bill.

When I was

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I told the staff I would be back in a few hours to pick up my credit card

and close the bill. I returned later as I promised, excited to learn the

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of the experiment.

To

my

pleasant

surprise,

things

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the

best

possible

way.

The

restaurant

staff

happily

approached me, telling me that in the many times she had had dinner there before

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had

they seen the old lady smile and laugh like she did

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receiving the Smile card and the $$0

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. She thanked the staff

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they explained that

someone else did the job.

To top it off, the staff asked me about the Smile cards so as to conduct their own

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.

It was an interesting, fun experiment which may hopefully result in many more.

36. A. better

B. louder

C. more

D. faster

37. A. speech

B. quarrel

C. fight

D. call

38. A. tired

B. worried

C. confused

D. annoyed

39. A. chair

B. room

C. table

D. space

40. A. sank

B. lay

C. took

D. got

41. A. urge

B. pity

C. anger

D. force

42. A. heard

B. recognized

C. spotted

D. told

43. A. attracted

B. watched

C. disturbed

D. noticed

44. A. made

B. abandoned

C. developed

D. had

45. A. useless

B. funny

C. ugly

D. strange

46. A. slightly

B. deliberately

C. instantly

D. secretly

47. A. hand

B. draw

C. buy

D. drop

48. A. leaving

49. A. effects

51. A. ever

52. A. with

53. A. gift

B. starting

C. ing

D. arriving

D. rules

D. went out

D. still

D. at

D. because

D. experiments

B. oute

B. even

B. to

B. unless

C. procedure

C. never

50. A. figured out

B. worked out

C. turned out

C. on

B. check

C. note

D. expense

54. A. even though

C. as though

55. A. businesses

B. restaurants

C. shops

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阅读理解（共两节，满分< /p>

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第一 节（共

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阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（

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、

B

、

C

和< /p>

D

）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题

卡上将 该项涂黑。

A

The two European nations

–

one known for its chocolate, cheese and watches; the other

for Ikea, Volvo and the Seventies pop band ABBA

–

have often been confused for each other

among the Chinese.

The problem larg

ely results from the fact that both nations’ names are

read similarly in

Mandarin Chinese (

普通话

)

–

Ruidian (Sweden) and Ruishi (Switzerland)

–

which begin with

the same symbol.

In

an

effort

to

put

an

end

to

the

mix-up,

the

Swedish

and

Swiss

consulates(

领事馆

)

in

Shanghai have launched

（发起）

a petition on the Swedish Consulate website, asking Chinese

people to e up with funny ways to help discriminate the two countries. Submissions

（提交的作

品）

can be accepted as a blog post, cartoon, photo, short film or in any other form.

The winner with the best submission will receive a 12-day trip to Sweden and Switzerland

and will be expected to report back on their impressions of both countries following the trip,

the website states. Entries will be accepted until November 20.

Sweden

and

Switzerland

aren’t

the

only

destinations

that

have

caused

confusion

among

travelers. Last month, a British holidaymaker hoped to explore the architecture of the Alhambra

Palace

in

Granada,

Spain,

but

instead

mistakenly

caught

a

flight

across

the

Atlantic

to

the

Caribbean island of Grenada following a

confusing booking mistake.

Earlier this summer, two

US

holidaymakers were flown to the wrong continents

after an airline confused two airport names.

56

.

What does the first paragraph mainly tell us?

A. Each European nation has its own famous products.

B. Chinese often take one European nation for another.

C. Chinese are often confused about chocolate and cheese.

D. Both European nations are famous for their advanced industry.

57. The underlined word discriminate in the third paragraph means_________.

A. attract more visitors to

B. advertise the products of

C. recognize the differences between

D. remember the names of

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.

A person who wants to offer a submission should_________.

A. have a 12-day trip to both countries first

B. report his impressions of both countries

C. offer his submission after November 20

D. go to the Swedish Consulate website first

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.

The two examples in last paragraph show

_______.

A. travelers often catch wrong flights to Spain

B. U.S travelers are more likely to have wrong trips

C. some names in the world are confusing to airlines

D. even airlines are confused about Sweden and Switzerland

B

Today was a very big day for me and I had already ordered up a pile of books I needed in

the University Library from home by about 10:15. Off I went at 10:30 to the University Library, to

get all those references.

Only trouble was that when I arrived I discovered I hadn’t got my university card that would

open the library’s electronic entrance, and every other place I needed to access. I had had it in

another

library

the

night

before

(which

was

where

I

strongly

suspected

it

still

was),

but

the

immediate

dilemma

was

this:

should

I

(Plan

A)

try

using

the

old

university

library

card

I

had,

which I had thought

I had los

t, and had been cancelled, but I thought there was a chance it would

still

work

the

University

Library

turnstile

(

转门

)?

Or

should

I

(Plan

B)

admit

it

and

hope

that

I

could blag (

哄骗

)my way in on the “I’ve been ing to this library for 40 years…”

line?

I went for Plan A.

Two reasons really. I think I could probably blag (or cry) my way in, but I thought it might get

the entry staff into trouble. They’ve known me for ages, but rules are rules. Besides, I thought

there

was

a

good

chance

that

my

old

card

would

still

work

the

turnstile

even

if

it

had

been

cancelled. And if it didn’t work, I could still try Plan B.

The

answer

was

my

old

card

did

still

work.

I

looked

up

that

tricky

little

article

about the

Middle East, then I went off to my own little Library, knocked on the window and got let in by a

graduate student (I am sure there are also rules about not letting professors in when they haven’t

got their card, even if desperate and crying). And there was good news. There under the pile of

books I had been using the night before was the lost card.

60. Who is likely to be the writer?

A. a librarian working in the Library.

B. a student studying in the university.

C. a professor working in the university.

D. one of the entry staff working in the Library.

61. What happened to his old university library card?

A. It was lost in another library.

C. It was found by a graduate student.

A. By using his old card.

C. By asking a student to help him.

B. It was found under a pile of books.

D. It had already been cancelled.

B. By using his new card.

D. By asking entry staff to help him.

62. How did the writer get into his own library?

63

.

The writer seems to be a

_______

person.

A. humorous and thoughtful

B. sensitive and determined

C. stubborn and forgetful

D. responsible and decisive

C

Everyone knows that regular bedtimes are important, especially for children. But a research

by Yvonne Kelly of University College, London, shows that daughters, it seems, do benefit from

regular bedtimes. Sons do not.

Dr

Kelly

and

a

team

of

colleagues

examined

the

bedtimes

and

cognitive(

认知

)

abilities

of

11,178

children

born

in

Britain

between

September

xx

and

January

xx,

who

took

part

in

a

research project called the Millennium Cohort Study.

The bedtime information they used was collected during four visits interviewers made to the

homes of those participating in the study. These happened when the children were nine months,

three

years,

five

years

and

seven

years

of

age.

Besides

asking

whether

the

children

had

set

bedtimes on weekdays and if they always, usually, sometimes or never made them, interviewers

collected

information

about

family

routines,

economic(

经

济

)circu mstances

and

other

matters

—

including whether children were read to before they went to sleep and whether they

had a television in their bedroom. The children in question were also asked, at the ages of three,

five and seven, to take standardised reading, mathematical tests, from which their IQs could be

tested.

Dr Kelly’s report shows t

hat by the time children had reached the age of seven, not having

had

a

regular

bedtime

did

seem

to

affect

their

cognition.

But

that

was

true

only

if

they

were

female. On the IQ scale, whose average value is 100 points, girls who had had regular bedtimes

scored

between

eight

and

nin

e

points

m

ore

than

those

who

did

not.

Boys

were

not

pletely

unaffected. Irregular bedtimes left their IQs about six points below those of their contemporaries

at the age of three. But the distinction disappeared by the time they were seven.

This

difference

between

the

sexes

is

puzzling.

“I

did

not

expect

it,

and

more

research

is

necessary.” said Dr Kelly.

64. How long did the research last?

A. At least nine months

B. Nearly three years

C. Less than five years

D. About seven years

65. Which was NOT possibly included in the interviewers

’

questions?

A. Do your children go to bed on time on regular basis?

B. When do your children get up and start off to school?

C. Do you read to your children before they go to bed?

D. Have your children done well in reading and maths tests?

66. From the fourth paragraph we know irregular bedtime _______.

A. has effects on boys when they are seven

B. has effects on boys when they are three

C. has effects on boys and girls when they are seven

D. has no effect on boys of different age groups

67. Where does this text probably e from?

A. A science fiction.

B. Children’s literature.

C. An advertisement.

D. A science report.

D

Madame Tussauds is a wax(

蜡

) museum displaying waxworks of historical and royal figures,

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Opening times

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