2020届四川省绵阳市高三上学期第二次诊断性考试英语试题

秘密★启用前 考试时间：2020年1月6日15:00—17:001

绵阳市高中2017级第二次诊断性考试

英     语

本试卷分为试题卷和答题卡两部分，其中试题卷共12页：答题卡共2页，满分150分，考 试时间120分钟。

注意事项：

1. 答題前，考生务必在答题卡上将自己的学校、班级、姓名，用0.5毫 米黑色签字笔填写 清楚，同时用2B铅笔将考号准确填涂在“考号”栏目内。

2. 选择题使用2B铅笔填涂恵答题卡对应题目标号的位置上，如需改动，用椽皮擦擦干 净后再选涂其它答案：非选择题用0.5毫米黒色签字笔书写在答题卡的对应框内，超出答题 区域书写的答案无效；在草稿纸、试题巻上答題无效。

3. 考试结束后将答题卡收回。

第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分）

回答听力部分时，先将答案标在试卷上。听力部分结束前，你将有两分钟的 时间将你的答案转涂到答题卡上。

第一节（共5小题：毎小题1.5分，满分7.5分）

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，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟 的时间來回答有关小题并阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。

例：How much is the shirt?

A. £ 19.15. B. £9.18. C. £9.15.

答案：C。

1. Where does the man want to go?

A. To a cinema. B. To a candy shop. C. To a bookstore.

2. What is the woman doing now?

A. Making a list. B. Baking cookies. C. Buying groceries.

3. What does the man think of the hotel?

A. It's too simple. B. It's the best there. C. It's very disappointing.

4. Where does the conversation take place?

A. At an airport. B. On a plane. C. In a park.

5. What is the weather probably like now?

A. Fine. B. Windy. C. Rainy.

第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）

听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、

B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。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，回答第6、7题.

6. What are the speakers talking about?

A. A fire. B. A house. C. A neighbor.

7. What will the woman do?

A. Call the neighbor. B. Go there right away.

C. Send some firemen there.

听第7段材料，回答第8、9题.

8. What's the deadline of handing in the Physics homework?

A. Monday. B. Friday. C. Tuesday.

9. What will the man do first?

A. Solve this problem. B. Turn to the teacher for help.

C. Read the chapter again.

听第8段材料，回答第10至12题.

10. What are the speakers mainly discussing?

A. The quality of bank service. B. The number of bank branches.

C. The use of computers in the bank.

11. What do the speakers agree on?

A. Computers have improved banking.

B. Computers are directly to blame for bad service.

C. Computers cause employees to avoid responsibility.

12. What does the woman decide to do?

A. Keep her money at home.

B. Move her account to the man's bank.

C. Continue having her money in the present bank.

听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13. What job is the woman applying for?

A. A part-time waitress. B. A restaurant manager.

C. A university lecturer.

14. Where docs the man put their advertisement?

A. On the Internet. B. On a poster.

C. In the newspaper.

15. Why is the woman looking for a new job?

A. She wants more time to study.

B. She needs more money for her study.

C. She wants to work for a fast food restaurant.

16. What applicant is the restaurant looking for?

A. One who can help whenever they are busy.

B. One who is available at weekends.

C. One who works on Sunday.

听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. What do universities in the U.S. consider in the admission?

A. Research ability. B. Entrance tests scores.

C. Social work experience.

1 8. How much does an international student have to pay for the SAT?

A. 145.5 dollars. B. 161.5dollars. C. 187.5 dollars.

19. How long docs the ACT test last?

A. Two hours. B. 175 minutes. C. 125 minutes.

20. What docs the speaker mainly talk about?

A. College life. B. The U.S. education system.

C. Two college entrance tests.

第二部分阅读理解（共两节，满分40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。 并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。

A

Four Places to Visit Before You Die

Santorini, Greece 

It is actually an island of Cyclades. There are a lot of islands in this city and sunbathing around any of these would be an unforgettable experience. The most ideal period of the year to go to this miracle is from April to September.

Sydney 

It is the most populous city of New South Wales in Australia. Its Harbor Bridge is the most famous tourist's place in the world. Every year, the celebrations of new year take place at this bridge where millions of people gather from the world to welcome the new year.

Rome 

It is also called the center of Western civilization. The Colosseum （罗马圆形大剧 场）which is the world's most iconic monument is also in Rome. There is no one who wishes to return from Rome without seeing this monument. Moreover, The Pantheon and Piazza Navona are also worth visiting in Rome.

Taj Mahal

Taj Mahal, located in the city of Agra in India is also called the monument of love. It was built by Mughal Emperor Shah Jehan in love of his wife Mumtaz Mahal in 1932. It is located at the South bank of Yamuna River. Its ivory white color attracts the tourists from a distance.

21. Which of the following is a natural wonder?

A. Santorini, Greece. B. Sydney.

C. Rome. D. Taj Mahal.

22. What can we learn from the passage?

A. The best time to visit Santorini is spring.

B. Sydney is the most populous city in Australia.

C. The Colosseum is a must-see of visitors to Rome.

D. All the four amazing places mentioned arc in Europe.

23. What's the main purpose of this passage?

A. To persuade people to travel before dying.

B. To introduce four amazing places worth a visit.

C. To make some comparisons of four amazing places.

D. To advertise four amazing places for a travel agency.

B

People have always been defined by their generation. We had the baby boomers of the 1960s, followed by Generation X and then Generation Y, often referred to as millennials, and the new kids on the block are Generation Z - aged between 16 and 22. It's easy to classify these young people as all being the same, sharing the same attitudes towards life—but is that fair?

People from Generation Z, informally called "Z-ers", may be viewed by others as digital natives, incapable of real-world friendships. But they actually view themselves as hardworking, ambitious and about to change the world for the better. The previous generation, born between the mid-1980s and late 1990s - the millennials were also thought to have these characteristics. But many people view this new generation as “mini-millennials" because Z-ers are different and they have their own set of values and preferences which consumer brands need to cater for.

It's true to say that technology is playing an important part in the lives of Generation Z, particularly in the area of social media. In fact, they have not known life without it and using it to communicate, share ideas and campaign is second nature. It means they have more of a say on what we eat, drink and buy than any generation before them. These young people certainly need to be listened to by retailers （零售商） and businesses - they are the people with time on their hands and money.

But being a Z-er comes with pressure. One young person says "Many people in Generation Z have mental health issues because they're unsure what the future will bring." The future always brings uncertainties but maybe there is pressure for this generation to be the most successful ever.

24. When was a Z-er likely to be born?

A. In 1964. B. In 1975. C. In 1987. D. In 1999.

25. What do Z-ers see themselves as?

A. Diligent and ambitious. B. Hardworking and incapable.

C. Promising and different. D. Stressed and successful.

26. What're Paragraphs 2&3 trying to argue?

A. Z-ers have known life without social media.

B. Z-ers pay too much attention to digital devices.

C. Z-ers and the millennials have the same personality.

D. Z-ers become a key driving force in the consumer market.

27. What docs the author think is the real cause of the Z-ers' pressure?

A. Their ambition to be the best.

B. Their uncertainty of the future.

C. Their addiction to digital devices.

D. Their lack of real-world friendship.

C

Every driver is familiar with the horrible blind spot problem. However, it is more than just an annoyance. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, over 840,000 car accidents occur due to the blind spot. Those zones which cannot be directly observed by the driver often causes incidents that result in serious property damage and in some cases even death.

- While drivers can take precautions such as adjusting the driver's seat and side mirrors properly, installing backup cameras and so on, they won't remove the invisible spots completely. Therefore, the driver will always have to carry the responsibility of being constantly aware of blind spots because failing to do that can lead to accidents.

Luckily, now there's a solution to that and it comes from a 14-year-old girl, who doesn't even have a driver's license yet. However, not being able to drive didn't prevent Alaina Gassier from understanding the important issue of traffic accidents resulting from blind spots. In fact, she knows the problem so well that she actually solved it for us. And the way she did it is nothing but genius.

Her project is called "Improving Automobile Safety by Removing Blind Spots'* and work in a relatively simple way as she explained: "I did that by having a camera behind the A — pillar of a car and the camera sent the video to a projector that projected (投射)the image onto the pillar essentially making it invisible and making the driver see behind it."

To complete this invention, she used easily attainable materials such as a webcam, projector, and 3D-printed materials that project the view from outside your vehicle onto the blind spots of your car.

Gassier was awarded for her life-saving invention. It earned her the top place in a nationwide competition for middle schoolers with the $25,000 Samueli Foundation Prize in honor of overall STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) excellence.

28. Why is the blind spot problem more than an annoyance?

A. It is familiar to every driver.

B. It cannot be seen by drivers.

C. It may cause serious accidents.

D. It is often overlooked by drivers.

29. What does the underlined word "that" in Paragraph 2 refer to?

A. Adjusting the driver's seat. B. Being constantly aware of blind spots.

C. Adjusting side mirrors. D. Installing backup cameras.

30. Which of the following statement is wrong?

A. Gassier is a student, who can't drive.

B. Gassier is talented enough to make the invention.

C. Gassier uses easily-accessible materials in her invention.

D. Gassier won first place in an international competition.

31. 31. What can be the best title for this passage?

A. A Great Invention from A Young Driver

B. Improving Vehicle Sale by Removing Blind Spots

C. A Girl's Way to Solve the Blind Spot Problem in Cars

D. A New Generation of Cars without the Blind Spot Problem

D

Anyone who commutes（通勤）by car knows that traffic jams are an unavoidable part of life. But humans are not alone in facing potential traffic jam. Ants also commute一between their nest and sources of food. The survival of their colonies（群体） depends on doing this efficiently.

"The more they are, the more food they're going to bring back. But at the same time, they might end up with traffic jam because there are too many of them.” Sebastien Motsch, a mathematician in Arizona State University said. When humans commute, there's a point at which cars become dense enough to slow down the flow of traffic, causing congestion. Motsch and his colleagues wanted to know if ants on the move could also get blocked. So they control traffic density by constructing bridges of various widths between a colony of Argentine ants and a source of food. Then they waited and watched.

The flow of ants did increase initially as ants started to fill the bridge and then stabilize at high densities. But it never slowed down, even when the bridge was nearly filled with ants. The researchers then took a closer look at how the behavior of individual ants impacted traffic as a whole. That meant cautiously tracking thousands of separate ants as they made their way across the bridge.

Motsch and his team found that when ants sense overcrowding, they adjust their speeds and avoid entering high-density areas, which prevents congestion. These behaviors may be made by pheromones （外激素），chemicals that tell other ants where a trail is. The ants also manage to avoid colliding with each other at high densities, which could really slow them down.

Can ants help us solve our own traffic problems? Not likely, says Motsch. That's because when it comes to getting from point A to point B as fast as possible, human drivers put their own goals first. Individual ants have to be more cooperative in order to feed the colony. But the research could be useful in bettering traffic flow for self-driving cars, which can be designed to be less like selfish humans一and more like ants.

32. What is the purpose of the research?

A. To compare humans with ants.

B. To see how ants, avoid traffic jam.

C. To solve the problem of traffic jam.

D. To see whether ants will encounter a traffic jam.

33. What did the researchers do before testing the ants?

A. They built bridges of different widths.

B. They made the ants on the move.

C. They watched the ants closely.

D. They got the ants blocked.

34. What is the result of the research?

A. The ants avoid entering high-density areas.

B. The ants never stop and no traffic jam happens.

C. The ants sense overcrowding and adjust their speed.

D. The ants give off chemicals to tell others where they can go.

35. What's the researchers' attitude to solving our own traffic jam?

A. Optimistic. B. Doubtful. C. Indifferent.          D. Supportive.

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。

With the rise of basic economy and budget airline models that charge extra for seat selection, it's become a lot harder for groups, especially families with kids, to secure seats next to each other. 36       .              .

37   . The earlier you book your family's travel, the more likely that you

will be able to reserve seats that arc next to each other.

Contact your airline and ask it to accommodate your family, if you can't initially be seated together. Discuss with the airline your concerns about a child being seated alone. 38    , they may be able to assure you that each child is seated

next to an adult family member.

Check reservations and seat assignments directly with the airline, if you book through a third party online agency. If you did not book your travel directly with an airline, obtain or confirm your seat assignments directly with the airline as soon as possible before the day of travel. 39                 .

Confirm reservations and seat assignments again before you leave for the airport. You may wish to confirm your seat assignments before you would normally go to the airport as your seat assignments could have changed after booking due to an aircraft adjustment with a different seating arrangement. 40    . They will do what

they can to help families who need to sit together.

第三部分英语知识运用

第一节 完型填空（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四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选岀可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

When I was nine, I used to mow the lawn （修剪草坪）for Mrs. Long. Living on a 41_   budget, she paid me very little for the work. But she did 42   me, "When Christmas comes, I shall have a 43   for you.” I spent much time 44   what it would be. My friends had baseball gloves, bicycles and ice skates. I was so 45   to acquire any one of these.

As Christmas approached, it was with 46   that I kept myself from reporting to Mrs. Long and 47   my present. My parents had to remind me that it's too 48 On December 22, my patience finally 49   . I marched down the street, presented myself at her house, and said," I've come for my present, Mrs. Long/'

She 50 me into her living room and disappeared into another room. In a moment she returned with a   51     package which under no circumstances could 52

baseball gloves, let alone a pair of skates. I was painfully 53   but did not show it, because my parents had warned repeatedly, "Whatever she has for you, take it 54 and say 'thank you'."

“What is it?" I asked.

"A kind of 55    and you'll see on Christmas Day."

Her words set my mind 56   with new possibilities. Gradually, curiosity 57 my initial disappointment. By the time I reached home, I had 58 myself that she gave me a magician's set. "I'll be able to 59   an umbrella into a bunch of flowers. Cool!”

On Christmas morning, with great excitement, I removed the wrapping paper and opened the flat box, only to find inside ten 60   of black paper, Carbon Paper Regal Premium(复写纸）.

"It is really something magic!"

第二节(共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分)

阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确 形式。

Recently I went for a drive through the local countryside. The sun 61   (shine) warmly and the animals were out foraging (觅食).It was a glorious day to be alive.

On the side of the road, I watched as an older woman got out of her car and walked down to the ditch (沟渠)，62    (look) around.

I wondered if she might be lost. Maybe she had some mechanical problems or a 63    (medicine) situation. I decided to see if I could offer any 64   (assist).

She said she had just stopped 65   (pick) up the trash that some thoughtless travelers had left. I was invited to look inside 66   (she) car and saw how much trash she had already collected.

I told her I write articles for the local paper and asked her if I could use her name. "Oh heavens no," she said without hesitation. "I'm not doing this 67   recognition. We live in such a beautiful country. 68   (actual), I just try to do my little part to help keep it that way."

So the next time you go out for a drive, be thankful that there are people out there 69   choose to be good keepers of the earth, and consider taking some time to keep your surroundings clean. You'll get some exercise, fresh air 70   a good feeling.

第四部分 写作(共两节，满分35分)

第一节 短文改错(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)

假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作 文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的 增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。 注意：

1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

Last Sunday my class went on a travel to Fule Mountain. Early on the morning. we left for the destination on feet. On the way there, we sing and even danced to the sweet music. Li Hua brought his camera and which he did was to take many beautiful photos of us. On reached the top, we caught the sight of the whole city of Mianyang. We saw a few planes flying highly in the sky. We felt that very meaningful to spend such a happy day though we were tiring. Our headteacher asked us write a diary in memory of the very day.

第二节书面表达（满分25分）

假如你是李华，圣诞节前夕因病住院未能如期赴约去你的澳大利亚朋友 Jackson家做客：他将于近期来中国参加“汉语桥”比赛，适逢中国春节期间，你 打算邀请他来你家。请给他写e-mail,要点如下：

1. 对前次爽约致歉；

2. 邀请他来你家做客：

3. 盼回复以便作安排。

注意：

1. 词数100左右；

2. 开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数；

3. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Dear Jackson,

Yours,

Li Hua