百校联盟2020届TOP20五月联考英语试题
第一部分 （共20小题每，小题1.5分，满分30分） 1．—I need to advertise for a roommate for next term. —______? Mary is interested. A．What for
C．So what D．Why bother
2．________ well for my job interview, I really had butterflies in my stomach on my way to the company I had applied to.
A．Having not prepared
B．Not having prepared B．Why not
C．Not to have prepared D．To have not prepared
3．----I feel cold. ____ I close the window? ----Sure. Go ahead!
A．Shall B．Need C．Would D．Should
4．The country’s chief exports are coal, cars and cotton goods, cars_____ the most important of these. A．have been B．are C．being D．are being
5．I broke my relationship with Peter because he always found _______ with me. A．error B．failure C．mistake D．fault
6．We Chinese are drinking ______ milk per person today as we did in 1995. A．more than twice
C．twice as many as D．twice as much as
7．We live in this society now ________ literally someone is always helping. A．when C．that D．what
8．If you have a job, ______ yourself to it and finally you’ll succeed. A．do devote
C．devoting D．devoted
9．I was going to pay by cash when it suddenly occurred to me _________ I had left my purse at home. A．whether C．that D．where
10．The world’s leading thinkers and policymakers examine what’s come apart in the past year, and what will define the year ahead, A．evaluate B．innovate C．anticipate D．regulate
11．Oh! The flower can’t be saved. If the flower had been watered，it now. B．what B．to devote B．where B．twice as much
A．wouldn’t be dying
C．had been dead D．will not die
B．is dead
12．In order to finish the work time,the man in charge decided to some more workers. A．give up B．take on C．look after D．find out
13．NASA has made a ________ that our earth has no threat associated with the film 2012 which is based on pure myths.
A．clarification B．classification C．identification D．presentation 14．---Shall we go for a picnic this Saturday？ ---_____________. Will next Saturday be OK？ A．Sure，it's up to you
B．Sure，it's no problem
C．Sorry，I can't make it D．Sorry，I'm not available today
15．—I am searching one online shopping site after another for a computer. —So __________I before I decided to buy a new camera. A．had B．have C．am D．would
16．His sister left home in 1998, and_________________ since. A．had not been heard of
C．had not heard of D．has not heard of
17．Wolf Warrior 2, which ________ the “Award for Best Visual Effects” at the Beijing Film Festival, indicates China's film industry has come of age. A．wins B．won C．has won D．had won
18．The problem lies in______ we’re now giving him a fish, not teaching him how to fish. A．what C．which
D．if
B．that
B．has not been heard of
19．The U.S. official said North Korea --- and Iran --- should follow in the steps of Libya, which last December said it would work__________ to allow international weapons inspectors to do their work. A．unconditionally
B．unwillingly
C．unfortunately D．uncomfortably
20．The girl is sure to become a good actress __________ she gets the right training.
A．until B．if C．although D．unless
第二部分 阅读理解（满分40分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
21． While staring out of the window during a flight, not everyone will think carefully about （6分）the question why airplanes have rounded windows rather than square ones.
Over the years, aerospace engineering has made huge steps in airplane technology, meaning planes can carry more passengers and go faster. The planes have also changed shape to increase safety—including the windows. As commercial air travel took off in the mid－20th century, airline companies began to fly at higher altitudes to lower their cost—the air density(密度) is lower up there, creating less drag(阻力)for
airplanes. However, higher altitudes came with problems, like the fact human beings can’t really survive at 30，000 feet. To make that possible, the cabin was changed to a cylindrical(圆柱体) shape to support the pressure inside. But at first, plane builders left in the standard square windows and this expansion meant disaster. The de__Havilland__Comet came into fashion in the 1950s. With a closed cabin, it was able to go higher and faster than other aircraft.
However, where there’s a corner, there’s a weak spot. Windows, having four corners, have four potential weak spots, making them likely to crash under stress—such as air pressure. By curving the window, the stress that would eventually break the window corner is distributed and the chance of it breaking is reduced. Rounded shapes are also stronger and resist deformation(变形), and can thus survive the extreme differences in pressure between the inside and outside of the aircraft.
Fortunately, designers figured out the lack of design pretty quick. Now we have nice, rounded airplane windows that can resist the pressure of traveling altitude. It gives being able to gaze out of your window to the world from 35，000 feet a whole new outlook, doesn’t it? 1、Why did airlines aim to fly at higher altitudes? A．To increase safety of the plane. B．To help the plane to take off. C．To save money for less drag.
D．To carry more passengers and go faster.
2、What does the underlined words “de Havilland Comet” in Paragraph 2 refer to? A．A planet.
B．A band.
C．An aircraft.
D．A design.
3、Which is the advantage of the rounded window? A．It reduces the possibility of breaking up. B．It weakens the strength of air pressure. C．It increases the air pressure.
D．It helps to survive the extreme weather. 4、Where does this text come from? A．A newspaper on safe driving. C．A website on survival skills.
B．A magazine on fashion design. D．A science book on flying.
22．（8分） Over the course of his long and amazing career, W. Somerset Maugham( 1874-1965) achieved great success as a novelist and a playwright. Not happy with just being a writer, Maugham was also a spy. But this was less of a success than his writing.
Dec 15, 2016 marked 51 years since his death, and Maugham’s works have never been out of print. Of Human Bondage(1915) was his masterpiece. The title comes from the great 17th century Dutch philosopher
Baruch Spinoza. The philosopher thought that human beings were slaves to what they wanted and needed. That’s exactly what Philip Carey, the hero of the novel, experiences.
Carey is a slave to his emotional needs. He doesn’t get much love when he is a child, so he looks for love later. After losing both his parents early in his life, Carey is raised by a paternal uncle who is
emotionally cold. In his adult life, he goes from woman to woman and job to job, as he finds it a struggle to find either personal happiness or the right job for his talents. Not wanting to become a lawyer, he is eventually trained and qualified as a physician.
But true love is much harder to find. He finds that he attracts women he has no feelings for and falls in love with those who have no interest in him or, worse, try to take advantage of him. He is torn apart by the pain of his helpless love of a waitress and not being able to return the love of a young artist.
Although Maugham tried to hide it, the book is about his own life. Carey’s loveless childhood and romantic troubles were Maugham’s own. However, he managed to turn these painful details into a story that would interest readers who share his characters’ feeling.
Maugham does not just write about his life in the novel. He writes about deeply personal things in a way that speaks to everyone about their wants and needs. 1、In which field did Maugham achieve great success? A．Politics. C．Sport.
2、What can we infer from Paragraph 2? A．Maugham’s works may never appear in print. B．Maugham’s works become a big hit overnight. C．Maugham’s works don’t top the best-seller list. D．Maugham’s works are still popular among readers. 3、The hero, Carey, in Of Human Bondage _________. A．is the master of his own emotions B．thinks it’s much easier to find true love C．has strong emotional needs for lack of love D．rescues himself from being a slave to his needs 4、What is the article mainly about? A．Maugham’s masterpiece. C．Maugham’s love for writing.
B．Maugham’s beliefs. D．Maugham’s popularity. B．Writing. D．Philosophy.
23．（8分）Baseball was always where my heart lay. However, my father did not care for baseball. Two recreational activities he enjoyed were golfing and fishing, neither of which I considered a real sport. He
didn’t talk much and he wasn’t good at expressing himself. Frankly, I wasn’t entirely certain he cared about me. In a way, my father was like a familiar stranger I saw every day.
One day, watching the play on television made me want a glove of my own. To my surprise, my father said he wanted one, too. He was on the portly side, but then again, one of the famous pitchers (投手) on the Mets was even fatter. So I thought, why not?
We bought two gloves, and that evening, he suggested we go out to the courtyard and toss (掷) the ball around. I’d already practiced catching and throwing at school, but I could tell this was the first time for my father, because every time he caught the ball, it landed directly in his palm. If you’ve ever caught a ball with a baseball glove, you know how much this hurts.
But my father caught ball after ball this way. Slap! Slap! He winced (龇牙咧嘴). After about five minutes, I told him I’d had enough. It wasn’t out of mercy, but for my own self-interest. Neighborhood kids were watching and would no doubt tease me later for having an old man who didn’t know how to properly catch a baseball do that. When my father took the glove off, his palm was red and swollen.
Dad, who passed away 11 years ago, never told me he loved me. But that sound of the baseball landing in the soft flesh of his hand, over and over again—it spoke its own tender language, though at the time, all I felt was shame.
1、What does the underlined word “portly” mean in Paragraph 2? A．Experienced. B．Cool. C．Famous. D．Fat.
2、What can we learn from the passage?
A．The father didn’t feel hurt when catching the ball. B．The father didn’t understand his child at all.
C．The author didn’t realize his father’s love for him back then. D．The author criticized his father when playing baseball together. 3、What could be the best title for the passage? A．A Crying Shame for Baseball B．Saying “I Love You” with Baseball C．A Loving Father and His Son D．Living a Happy Life with Baseball 24．（8分）Joining Us as a Games Volunteer！
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