2020年统一考试(全国卷III)高考英语试题及答案

10

题。

8.

Why does DaVid Want to SPCak to Mike?

A.

To invite him to a party.

B.

TO discuss a SChedUle

?

C.

TO Call Off a meeting.

9.

What do We know about the speakers?

A.

They are COlleagUeS

?

B.

They are ClOSe friends.

C.

TlIey

,

ve never met before.

听第

8

段材 料，回答第

10

至

12

题。

10.

What kind Of Camera does the man want?

A.

ATV Camera.

B.

A VideO Camera

?

C.

A movie Camera.

11.

WhiCh function is the man most interested in?

A.

UnderWater filming

?

B.

A Iarge memory

?

C.

Auto-focus

?

12.

HOW InUCh WOUld the man Pay for the SeCOnd Camera?

A.

950 euros.

B.

650 euros.

C.

470 euros.

听第

9

段材料，回答第

13

至

16

题。

13.

Who is CIiffOrd?

A.

A Iittle girl.

B.

Tlle man's pet.

C.

A fictional CharaCter.

14.

WhO

SUggeSted tlιat Norman Paint for CllIIdrellS books?

A.

HiS wife.

B.

EliZabeth

?

C.

Apublishcr.

15.

What is NOrman S StOry based on?

A.

A b∞k.

B.

Apainting.

C.

A young woman.

16.

What is it that ShOCked Norman?

A.

HiS UneXPCCted SUCCeSS

?

B.

HiS efforts made in Vain.

C.

HiS editor s disagreement.

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10

段材料，回答第

17

20

题。

17.

WhO WOUId Iike to make Sman talk according to the speaker?

A.

Relatives.

B.

StrangerS

?

C.

Visitors.

18.

Why do PeOPle have Small talk?

A.

To express OPiniOnS

?

B.

TO avoid arguments

?

C.

TO ShOW friendliness.

19.

WhiCh Of the following is a frequent topic in Small talk?

A.

POlitics.

B.

MOVies.

C.

Salaries.

20.

What does the SPeaker recommend at the end Of his lecture?

A.

ASking OPen-ended questions

?

B.

FeeIing free to Change topics.

C.

Making Small talk interesting.

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第二部分

阅读理解（共两节，满分< /p>

40

分）

第一 节（共

15

小题：每小题

2

30

分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的

A

、

B

、

C

和

D

四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

A

JOUrney BaCk in Tinle With SChOIarS

CIaSSiCal PrOVenCe

（

13days

）

JOUnley through the beautiful COUntr>

r

side Of Provence, FranCe

t

With Prof. Ori Z. SOIteS. We Will ViSit SOnle Of the

best-preserved ROman monuments in the WOrld

?

OUr tour also includes a ChanCe to Walk in the f∞tsteps Of Van GOgh and

Gauguin. FieldS Of flowers, tile-roofed

（瓦屋顶）

VillageS and tasty meals enrich this WOnderfUl CXPerienCe

?

SOUthern SPain

（

15days

）

SPain has IOVely White towns and the SCent

（芳香）

Of oranges, but it is also a treasury

,

Of ancient remains

including the CitieS Ieft by the Greeks, ROmanS and Arabs. AS We travel SOUth from Madrid With Prof. ROnald MeSSier to

historic TOledO

t

ROman Merida and into Andalucia, We explore historical monuments and architecture

?

China

,

s SaCred

LandSCaPeS

（

2Iday S

）

DiSCOVer the China Of “past ages, its Walled cities, temples and mountain SCenerJ

f

With Prof. RObCrt Thorp. HighIightS

（

精彩之处）

include China

,

s most SaCred PeakS at MOUnt Tai and HangZbou

,

s rolling hills, WaterWayS and PeaCefUl temples

?

We Will WandCr in IraditiOnal SmaIl towns and end OUr tour With an exceptional museum in Shanghai.

IYlniSia

（

17ClayS

）

JOin Prof. Pedar FOSS On OUr in-depth TUniSian lour. TOUr highlights include the ROman City Of DOUggat the UndergrOUnd

NUmidian CaPital at BUna RCgia, ROman Sbeitla and IhC remote areas around TataOUine and Matmata, UiqUe for UndergrOUnd

CitieS

?

OUrjOUrney takes US to PiCtUreSqUe Berber VillageS and IOVeIy beaches

?

21

?

What Can ViSitOrS See in both

ClaSSiCal PrOVenCe and SOUthern Spain?

A.

HiStoriCal monuments

?

B. FieIdS Of IlOWerS.

C. Van Gogh

,

s PaintingS

?

D

?

Greek buildings

?

22.

WhiCh COUntry is Prof. TliOrP most knowledgeable about?

A.

FranCe

?

B. SPain. C. China

?

D. TUniSia

?

23.

WhiCh Of the following highlight the TUniSian tour?

A.

White towns. B. UndergrOUnd cities. C. Tile-roofed villages. D. ROlling hills.

When

M

RiSe Of the PIanet Of the APeS

M

WaS first ShOWn to the PUbIiC IaSt InOntlL a group Of excited animal activists

4

gathered On HOlIyWOOd BOUleVard. BUt they Weren

?

there to throw Ied Palilt On fiιr

-coat-wearing film stars. Instead, One

activist, dressed in a full-body monkey SUit, had arrived Wilh a Sign PraiSing the filmmakers:

ThankS for not USing real

apes

（猿）广

The CreatiVe team behind

,,

Apes

n

USed motion-capture

（动作捕捉）

technology to Create digitalized animals, SPending

tens Of millions Of dollars On technology that I records an actor's PCrfOrmanCe and Iater PrOCCSSeS it With COmPUter graphics

to Create a final image

（图像）

?

In this CaSe

?

OnC Of a realistic-looking ape.

Yet

,,

Apes

n

is more exception than the rule

?

In fact, HOllyWOOd has been hot On IiVe animals Iately. One nonprofit

OrganiZation,

WhiCh monitors

the

treatment

Or

animals

in

filmed

entertainment,

is keeping

IabS

On

more

than

2.

（

XX

）

PrOdUCtiOnS

this year. Already, a number Of films, including

H

Water for ElCPhantS

t

U ,,

The HangOVer Part II

H

and

n

Zookeeper/ have drawn the

anger Of activists WhO Say the CreatUreS acting in them haven

,

t been treated PrOPerly-

In SOlne cases, it's not SO much the treatment Of the animals on Set Ul the SnldIO that has activists worried; it's the

Off-Set training and IiVing COnditiOnS that are raising COnCernS

?

And there are questions about the films made OUtSide the

States, WhiCh SOlnetimeS are not monitored as CIOSely as PrOdUCtiOnS filmed in the Sates.

24.

Why did Ihe animal activists gather On HOnyWOOd Boulevard?

A.

To See famous film StarS

?

B.

TO OPPOSe Wearing fur coats.

C.

TO raise money for animal PrOteCtiOn.

D.

To CXPreSS thanks to SOme filmmakers.

25.

What does ParagraPh 2 mainly talk about?

A.

The COSt Of making

,,

Apes.

n

B.

The CreatiOn Of digitalized apes

?

C.

The PUbIiCity about

D.

The PerfOrnlanCe Of real apes.

26.

What does the UndCrlinCd PhraSe

H

keePing tabs On

M

in ParagraPh 3 PrObably mean?

A.

LiSting completely.

B.

DireCting PrOfeSSiOnaIIy.

C.

PrOnlOting successfully.

D.

WatChing carefully.

27.

What Can We infer from the IaSt ParagraPh about animal actors?

A.

TheY may be badly treated.

H

5

B.

They ShOUld take further training

?

C.

They COUld be traded illegally

D.

TheY WOUld IOSe popularity.

C

With the young Unable to afford to IeaVe home and the Old at risk Of isoIation(M

?

l), more families are ChOOSing to

IiVe togethcr.

The doorway to PeaCe and quiet, for NiCk Bright at IeaSt. ICadS Straight to his mother-in-law, She IiVeS On the ground

floor, While he IiVeS UPStairS With his Wife and their two daughters.

FOIlr

years

ago

they

all

moved

into

a

three-storey

ViCtOrian

house

in

BriStOl

—

One

Of

a

growing

number

Of

HiultigenerationaI families in the UK IiVing together Under the Same roof. They Share a front door and a WaShing machine.

but Rita Whitehead has her OWn kitchen, bathroom, bedroom and IiVing room On the ground floor.

tfc

We floated the idea to my mum Of Sharing at a house,

?

Rita CUtS in:

4

We SPOke more With NiCk

because I think its a big thing for NiCk to IiVe With his mother-in-law/*

And What does NiCk think?

r

well. WOUld I recommend it? Yes, I think

IWoUIdr

Its hard to tell exactly how many PeOPle agree With him, but research indicates that Ihe numbers have been rising for

SOme time

?

OtfiCial reports SUggeSt that the number Of households With three generations IiVing together had risen from

325.O∞ in 2002 to 419.000 in 2013.

Other VarietieS Of Inultigenerational family are more COmnlOn. SOme PeOPlC IiVe With their elderly parents; InanY more

adult Children are returning to the family home, if they ever ICft It is Said that about 20% Of 25-34-year-olds IiVe With

their parents, COmPared With 16% in 199 LThe total number Of all multigenerational households in Britain is thought to be

about 1.8 million.

StOrieS Iike that are more COmmOn in PartS Of the WOrld Where InUItigeneratiOnal IiVing is more firmly rooted. In India,

PartiCUIarly OUtSide cities, young WOmen are expected to move in With their husband's family When they get married.

28.

WhO mainly USeS the ground floor in the ViCtOrian house in Bristol?

A. Nick.

B. Riia.

C. Kathry

r

n

D. The daughters.

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29.

What is NiCkS attitude towards Sharmg the house with his mother- in

?

law?

A. POSitiVe

?

B. Carefree.

C.

TOlerant.

D. UnWilIing

?

30.

What is the author's Statement about Hiultigeiierational family based on?

A. FamiIy traditions

?

B. FinanCial reports

?

C. PUbIiShed StatiStics. D. PUbIiC OPiniOns.

31.

What is the text mainly about?

A. LifeStyleS in different COUntrieS

?

C. A housing PrOblem

in Britain.

B.

COnfliCtS between generations

?

D.

A rising trend Of IiVing in the UK.

D

We are the PrOdUCtS Of evolution. and not just evolution that OCCUrred billions Of years ago. AS SCientiStS IOOk deeper

into OIIr genes

（基因），

they are finding examples Of human evolution in just the PaSt few thousand years. PeOPlC in

EthiOPian highlands have adapted to IiVing at high altitudes. Cattle -raising PeOPIe in EaSt AfriCa and northern EUrOPe have

gained a InUtatiOn

（突变）

that helps them digest milk as adults

?

On ThUrSday in an article PUbIiShed in

Cell

、

a team Of researchers reported a new kind Of adaptation - not to air Or

to food, but to the OCean. A group Of sea-dwelling PCOPle in SOUtheaSt ASia have evolved into better divers

?

The BajaIL as

these

PeOPle

are

known

?

number

in

the

hundreds

Of

thousands

in

Indonesia,

MaIaySia

and

the

Philippines.

ThCy

have

traditionally IiVed On houseboats; in recent times, they

,

ve also built houses On StiltS

（支柱）

in COaStal Waters. They are

SImPly a Stranger to the laιιd.

π

SaId Redney C. Jubilado. a UniVerSity Of HaWaII researcher WhO StUdieS the B

炉

u.

D

匚

JUbiladO first met the BajaU While growing UP On Sanlal ISland in the PhiliPPineS

?

They made a IiVing as divers,

SPearfiShing

Or

ha∏

f

esting

ShellfiSh

?

”

WC

Were

SO

amazed

that

they

COUId

Stay

underwater

much

IOnger

than

US

IOCal

islanders/* DE JUblIadO said. T COUld See tliein actually Walking Under the sea.

I∏2OL MeliSSa Ilardo, then a graduate StUdent in genetics at the UniVerSity Of COPenhagen

t

heard about the Bajau. She

WOndCrCd if CentUrieS Of CIiVing COUld have Ied to the evolution Of PhySiCal CharaCteriStiCS that made the task easier for

them. it Seemed IIke the PerfeCt ChanCe for natural SeleCtIOn to act On a population? Said Dr. Ilardo. She also Said there

Were IikeIy a number Of Other genes that help the BajaU dive

?

32.

What does the author Want to tell US by the examples in ParagraPh 1?

A. EnVirOnmental adaptation Of Cattle raisers

?

C. ReCent findings Of human origin.

33.

Where do the BajaU build their houses?

B. NeW knowledge Of human evolution.

D. SignifiCanCe

Of f∞d SeleCtiOn.

A. In valleys.

B.

Near rivers.

C.

On the beach.

D.

Off the coast.

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